Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
Taxon | Stipa lemmonii var. pubescens |
group | Monocots |
Family | Poaceae |
Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
Genus common name(s) | stipa; stipa grass; steppe-grass; steppe grass; steppegrass |
Species common name(s) | Lemmon's stipa; Lemmon's needle-grass; Lemmon's needle grass; Lemmon's needlegrass; Lemmon stipa; Lemmon needle-grass; Lemmon needle grass; Lemmon needlegrass |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Columbia needlegrass, Columbia needle-grass, Columbia needle grass, Columbia stipa, Columbian needlegrass are applied to multiple Stipa s.l. taxa; needlegrass, needle-grass, needle grass, rice grass, rice-grass, ricegrass, false rice grass, false rice-grass, false ricegrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; puna grass, puna-grass, punagrass, woolgrass, woolly grass, wooly grass, woollygrass, woolygrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian ricegrass, Indian rice grass, Indian rice-grass |
Notes | Lemmon is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Lemmons, Lemons, Lemon's, Lemon, lemon, lemon's are errors |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Achnatherum lemmonii (Vasey) Barkworth subsp. pubescens (Crampton) Barkworth |
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