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 occidentalis |
| 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) | western eupatorium; western Joe-Pye-weed; western Joe-Pye weed; western joe-pye-weed; western joepye-weed; western joepyeweed; western joe-pie weed; western joepieweed; western joepiweed; western thoroughwort; western boneset |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | thoroughwort, thorough-wort, thorough wort, trumpetweed, trumpet-weed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; western snakeroot, western snake-root, western snake root, boneset, bone-set are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squaw weed |
| Notes | the common name Joe-Pye weed reportedly comes from the name of a person, Joe Pye |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Eupatorium occidentale Hook. |
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