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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).





TaxonEricameria parishii var. parishii
groupEudicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family common name(s)composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion
Genus common name(s)ericameria; heath-goldenrod; heath goldenrod; heathgoldenrod
Species common name(s)Parish's ericameria; Parish's goldenbush; Parish's goldenweed; Parish's golden-weed; Parish's rabbitbrush; Parish's heath-goldenrod; Parish's heathgoldenrod; Parish's heath goldenrod; Parish ericameria; Parish goldenbush; Parish goldenweed; Parish golden-weed; Parish rabbitbrush; Parish heath-goldenrod; Parish heathgoldenrod; Parish heath goldenrod
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxagoldenweed, golden-weed, golden weed, goldenbush, golden-bush, goldenbush, yellowbrush, yellow-brush, yellow brush are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; common sandaster, common sand-aster, common sand aster are more commonly applied to Corethrogyne filaginifolia
 
NotesParish is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Parishs is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcHaplopappus parishii (Greene) S.F. Blake; Ericameria arborescens (A. Gray) Greene subsp. parishii (Greene) Urbatsch
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