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 macounii |
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) | Macoun's rabbit-tobacco; Macoun's rabbit tobacco; Macoun's everlasting; Macoun's cudweed; Macoun rabbit-tobacco; Macoun rabbit tobacco; Macoun everlasting; Macoun cudweed; clammy rabbit's tobacco; viscid cudweed; neglected life-everlasting; western catfoot; false cotton-batting plant; false cottonweed |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | clammy cudweed is applied to multiple Pseudognaphalium taxa; cudweed, cud-weed, northern cudweed, everlasting, rabbit tobacco, rabbit-tobacco, western cudweed, sweet balsam are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; fragrant cudweed, winged cudweed, winged cud-weed, sticky rabbit-tobacco, sticky rabbit's tobacco, sticky cudweed, clammy cudweed, clammy everlasting, white everlasting, western everlasting, manzanilla del rio are applied to multiple Pseudognaphalium taxa; gordolobo, balsamweed, balsam weed, balsam-weed are applied to taxa in multiple families; viscid cudweed is more appropriately applied to Pseudognaphalium viscosum |
| Notes | Macoun is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Macouns is an error |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Gnaphalium macounii Greene |
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