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 | Yucca baccata var. baccata |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Agavaceae |
| Family common name(s) | agave; century plant; century-plant; centuryplant |
| Genus common name(s) | yucca; Spanish bayonet; Spanish-bayonet; Spanish dagger; Spanish-dagger; grass-cactus; grass cactus |
| Species common name(s) | banana yucca; datil yucca; izote de d√°til; fleshy-fruited yucca; fleshy-fruit yucca; hosh-kawn |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | blue yucca, fleshy-fruited yucca, broad-leaved yucca, broad-leaf yucca, broad leaf yucca, broadleaf yucca are applied to multiple Yucca taxa; dagger flower, dagger-flower, daggerweed, dagger-weed, dagger weed, soapwort, soap-wort, soap wort, soap-plant, soapplant, soap plant, soap root, soap-root, soaproot, soapweed, soap-weed, soap weed, Adam's needle, Adam's-needle, izote, datil, wild date are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Thornber, Spanish are proper names, so upper case preferable; Mohave is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Liliaceae s.l. |
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