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 | Leptosiphon nuttallii subsp. pubescens |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polemoniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | polemonium; polemone; polemon; phlox; gilia |
| Genus common name(s) | leptosiphon |
| Species common name(s) | Nuttall's leptosiphon; Nuttall's linanthus; Nuttall's flaxflower; Nuttall's desert-gold; Nuttall's desert-trumpet; Nuttall's desert trumpet; Nuttall's deserttrumpet; Nuttall's desert-trumpets; Nuttall's desert trumpets; Nuttall's deserttrumpets; Nuttall's bush-gilia; Nuttall leptosiphon; Nuttall linanthus; Nuttall flaxflower; Nuttall desert-gold; Nuttall desert-trumpet; Nuttall desert trumpet; Nuttall deserttrumpet; Nuttall desert-trumpets; Nuttall desert trumpets; Nuttall deserttrumpets; Nuttall bush-gilia; bushy linanthus; brush gilia; feather gilia |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | bush-gilia, bush gilia are applied to multiple Leptosiphon taxa; false phlox is applied to multiple Polemoniaceae taxa; desert-gold, desert gold, desertgold, desert trumpet, desert-trumpet, desert trumpets, desert-trumpets, deserttrumpets, summer snow are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Nuttall is a proper name, so upper case preferable Nuttalls, Nuttal, Nuttals, Nuttal's, Nuttals' are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Linanthus nuttallii (A. Gray) Milliken subsp. pubescens R. Patt. |
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