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 | Sphaeralcea rusbyi var. eremicola |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Malvaceae |
| Family common name(s) | mallow; mallows; cotton |
| Genus common name(s) | globe-mallow; globe mallow; globemallow; globe-mallo; globe mallo; globemallo; kugelmalve |
| Species common name(s) | Rusby's globe-mallow; Rusby's globe mallow; Rusby's globemallow; Rusby's desert-mallow; Rusby's desert mallow; Rusby globe-mallow; Rusby globe mallow; Rusby globemallow; Rusby desert-mallow; Rusby desert mallow |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | cutleaf globemallow is applied to multiple Sphaeralcea taxa; desert-mallow, desert mallow, false-mallow, false mallow, falsemallow, false mallo, wild hollyhock, wild-hollyhock, wildhollyhock are applied to multiple Malvaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Panamint, Rusby are proper names, so upper case preferable; Rusbys is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. eremicola (Jeps.) Kearney |
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