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 (paintere@west.net).
Taxon | Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Rosaceae |
Family common name(s) | rose; rosewort; roseworts |
Genus common name(s) | drymocallis; wood-beauty; wood beauty; woodbeauty |
Species common name(s) | sticky potentilla; sticky cinquefoil; glandular potentilla; glandular five-finger; glandular five finger; glandular fivefinger; many-glands cinquefoil; manyglands cinquefoil; gland cinquefoil; gland cinque-foil; gland cinque foil; Spanish gland cinquefoil; upright petal cinquefoil |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Greene's cinquefoil, Greene cinquefoil, common cinquefoil, glandular cinquefoil, giant cinquefoil are applied to multiple Potentilla s.l. taxa; five-finger, five finger, fivefinger, five-fingers, five fingers, prince's feather, prince's-feather are applied taxa in multiple families |
| Notes | Greene is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Greenes, Green, Greens, Green's are errors |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Potentilla glandulosa Lindl. subsp. reflexa (Greene) D.D. Keck; Potentilla reflexa (Greene) Greene |
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