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 herbacea |
| 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) | desert ageratina; desert eupatorium; fragrant snakeroot; fragrant thorough-wort; fragrant thorough wort |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | western thoroughwort is more commonly applied to Ageratina occidentalis; white thoroughwort is more commonly applied to Eupatorium album; thoroughwort, thorough-wort, thorough wort, trumpetweed, trumpet-weed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; fragrant thoroughwort is applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squaw weed |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Eupatorium herbaceum (A. Gray) Greene |
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