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 | Achnatherum speciosum |
group | Monocots |
Family | Poaceae |
Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
Genus common name(s) | achnatherum |
Species common name(s) | desert needle-grass; desert needle grass; desert needlegrass; desert rice-grass; desert rice grass; desert stipa |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | desert ricegrass is applied to multiple Stipa s.l. taxa; needlegrass, needle-grass, needle grass, spear-grass, speargrass, spear grass, silver hairgrass, rice grass, rice-grass, ricegrass, false rice grass, false rice-grass, false ricegrass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; hairgrass, hair-grass, hair grass, puna grass, puna-grass, punagrass, woolgrass, woolly grass, wooly grass, woollygrass, woolygrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian ricegrass, Indian rice grass, Indian rice-grass |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Stipa speciosa Trin. & Rupr.; Jarava speciosa (Trin. & Rupr.) Peñailillo; Pappostipa speciosa (Trin. & Rupr.) Romaschenko |
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