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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 | Erodium malacoides |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Geraniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | geranium; geraniums; crane's-bill; crane's bill |
| Genus common name(s) | filaree; fileree; filerie; filarel; filaria; alfilaree; alfilaria; alfileria; alfiliria; alfilerilla; alfillarilla; alfilarilla; alfillaria; alfilleria; storkbill filaree; stork's-bill; stork's bill; storks' bill; storksbill; storkbill; heron's-bill; heron's bill; herons-bill; heron-bill; heron bill; heronbill; pin-clover; pin clover; pinclover |
| Species common name(s) | mallow-leaved stork's-bill; mallow-leaved stork's bill; mallow-leaved storksbill; mallow stork's-bill; mallow stork's bill; oval heron's-bill; oval heron's bill; oval heronsbill; soft stork's-bill; soft stork's bill; soft storksbill; glandular stork's-bill; glandular stork's bill; glandular storksbill; Mediterranean filaree; Mediterranean heron's-bill |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Mediterranean stork's-bill, Mediterranean stork's bill, Mediterranean storksbill are applied to multiple Erodium taxa; cranesbill, crane's-bill, crane's bill, cranebill are more commonly applied to Geranium; cut-leaved stork's bill is applied to multiple Geraniaceae taxa; pin-weed, pin weed, pinweed, pin-grass, pin grass, pingrass, clocks are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Notes | Mediterranean is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
