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 | Atriplex depressa |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Chenopodiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | chenopod; chenopode; goosefoot; pigweed; pigweeds |
| Genus common name(s) | atriplex; orach; orache; salt-sage; salt sage; saltsage; salty sage |
| Species common name(s) | brittlescale; brittle-scale; brittle scale; depressed orach; depressed orache |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | saltbush, salt-bush, salt bush, goose-weed, goose-weeds, sagebrush, sage-brush, sage brush are applied to taxa in multiple families; Parish's brittlescale, Parish's brittle-scale, Parish brittlescale, Parish's saltbush, Parish's orach are applied to Atriplex parishii |
| | | Notes | Parish is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Parishs, Parishes are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Amaranthaceae; Atriplex parishii S. Watson var. depressa (Jeps.) S.L. Welsh |
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