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 | Senecio serra var. serra |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | senecio |
| Species common name(s) | saw-toothed butterweed; saw-toothed groundsel; sawtoothed groundsel; saw-tooth butterweed; saw-tooth groundsel; sawtooth groundsel; serrated groundsel; butterweed groundsel; tall butterweed; tall ragwort |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | saw groundsel, tall groundsel are applied to multiple Senecio taxa; butterweed, butter-weed, butter weed, ragwort, rag-wort, groundsel, groundsell are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; fireweed, fire-weed, fire weed, sky-flower, sky flower are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squaw weed, squawweed; not recommended: Indian plantain |
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