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 | Centromadia pungens subsp. laevis |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Asteraceae |
Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
Genus common name(s) | centromadia; false tarplant |
Species common name(s) | prickly tarplant; spiny tarplant; spiny tarweed; spiney tarweed; pungent hemizonia; pungent tarplant; pungent false tarplant |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common tarplant, common tar-plant, common tar plant, common tarweed, common tar-weed, common tar weed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; tarplant, tar-plant, tar plant, tarweed, tar-weed, tar weed, common spikeweed, common spike-weed, common spike weed, spikeweed, spike-weed, spike weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Hemizonia pungens (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & A. Gray subsp. laevis D.D. Keck; Hemizonia laevis (D.D. Keck) D.D. Keck |
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