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 | Pseudognaphalium californicum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | false-cudweed; false cudweed; falsecud weed |
| Species common name(s) | California everlasting; California pearly everlasting; California ladies'-tobacco; California ladies' tobacco; California ladies-tobacco; California rabbit-tobacco; California rabbit tobacco; green everlasting; coastal cudweed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | California cudweed, ladies' tobacco, ladies'-tobacco, ladies tobacco, lady's tobacco, cudweed, cud-weed, everlasting, rabbit tobacco, rabbit-tobacco, sticky everlasting are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; pearly everlasting is more commonly applied to Anaphalis margaritacea; common sandaster, common sand-aster, common sand aster are more commonly applied to Corethrogyne filaginifolia |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Gnaphalium californicum DC. |
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