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 | Xanthisma gracile |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Asteraceae |
Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
Genus common name(s) | sleepy-daisy; sleepy daisy; sleepydaisy; sleep-daisy; sleep daisy |
Species common name(s) | slender sleepy-daisy; slender sleep-daisy; slender goldenweed; slender goldenbush; annual bristleweed; grass-leaf tansy-aster; grassleaf tansy-aster |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | goldenweed, golden-weed, golden weed, tansy-aster, tansyaster, tansy aster, tansey aster, yellow spiny daisy, yellow aster, yellowbrush, yellow-brush, yellow brush are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; yellow daisy, yellow-daisy are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Machaeranthera gracilis (Nutt.) Shinners; Haplopappus gracilis (Nutt.) A. Gray; Dieteria gracilis Nutt. |
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