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 | Ageratina adenophora |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | ageratina; snakeroot |
| Species common name(s) | sticky ageratina; sticky snakeroot; sticky eupatorium; sticky eupatory; sticky agrimony; crofton weed; Crofton weed; croftonweed; ageratina snakeroot; Mexican eupatory; Mexican devil; gland-bearing thoroughwort; cat weed; cat-weed; catweed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | thoroughwort, thorough-wort, thorough wort, trumpetweed, trumpet-weed, Mexican devilweed, Mexican-devilweed, Mexican devil-weed, Mexican devil weed, spiny aster, hemp agrimony, hemp-agrimony, white ageratum are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; common sandaster, common sand-aster, common sand aster are more commonly applied to Corethrogyne filaginifolia; devilweed, devil-weed, devil weed, wild agrimony are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squaw weed |
| Notes | Mexican is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng. |
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