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 | Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | erigeron; daisy-fleabane; daisy fleabane; daisyfleabane; fleabane-daisy; fleabane daisy; flea-bane daisy; fleabanedaisy; fleabane-aster; fleabane aster; midsummer-aster; midsummer aster |
| Species common name(s) | Philadelphia daisy; Philadelphia daisy-fleabane; Philadelphia daisy fleabane; Philadelphia fleabane-daisy; Philadelphia fleabane daisy; Philadelphia fleabane; skevish fleabane; skevish; nookwaezigun |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common fleabane, annual daisy fleabane are applied to multiple Erigeron taxa; fleabane, flea-bane, flea bane, marsh fleabane, midsummer daisy, mid-summer daisy, midsummer-daisy, vergertte are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; sweet-scabious, sweet scabious, flea-wort, fleawort, flea wort are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squawweed, squaw weed |
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