| Taxon | Helianthella californica var. nevadensis |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | helianthella; little sunflower |
| Species common name(s) | California helianthella; California little sunflower; little California sunflower; California rock-rose; California rockrose; California rock rose; California false sunflower; perennial little sunflower |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | dwarf sunflower, dwarf-sunflower, dwarf sunflower, dwarf sun-flower, California dwarf-sunflower are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; rock-rose, rock rose, rockrose are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | when Sierra is used as a proper name, upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. nevadensis (Greene) W.A. Weber |
