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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 | Lappula redowskii var. redowskii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Family common name(s) | borage; boragewort; borageworts; forget-me-not; fiddleneck; waterleaf; water-leaf; water leaf; baby-eyes |
| Genus common name(s) | lappula; burseed; bur-seed; bur seed |
| Species common name(s) | Redowski's stickseed; Redowski's stickweed; Redowski stickseed; Redowski stickweed; western stickweed; western beggar's-lice; western beggar's lice; western bluebur; western blue-bur; western blue bur; flat-spine stickseed; flatspine stickseed; flat-spine stickweed; flatspine stickweed; flat-spine sheepbur; flat-spine sheepburr; flat spine sheepburr; flatspine sheep-burr; hairy stickseed; hairy stick seed; hairy sticktight; desert stickseed; white stickseed |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common stickseed, western stickseed is applied to multiple Boraginaceae taxa; western stick-tight, stickseed, stick-seed, stick seed, sticktight, stick-tight, stick tight, sticktights, stick-tights, stick tights, beggarticks, beggar's-ticks, beggar's ticks, beggars' tick, beggars-ticks, beggar ticks, beggar-ticks, beggar's-lice, beggar's lice, beggars lice, beggars-lice, beggar-lice, beggar lice, beggarlice, burr-seed, burrseed, burr, sheepburr, sheep burr, sheep's burr, sheep-bur, sheepbur, sheep's bur, sheepburr seed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Notes | Redowski is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
