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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).





TaxonTetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica
groupEudicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family common name(s)composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion
Genus common name(s)tetraneuris; four-nerve daisy; fournerve daisy
Species common name(s)stemless tetraneuris; stemless four-nerve daisy; stemless four nerve daisy; stemless fournerve daisy; stemless four-nervedaisy; stemless goldflower; stemless picradenia; stemless woollybase; stemless woolly-base; stemless woolybase; butte marigold; Angelita daisy; sundancer daisy; giant thrift-leaf perky Sue
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxastemless bitterweed, stemless hymenoxys, stemless rubberweed, stemless rubber weed are applied to multiple Tetraneuris taxa; Arizona bitterweed, Arizona rubberweed, rubber-weed, rubberweed, rubber weed, Basin daisy, Basin-daisy are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; goldflower, gold-flower, gold flower, bitterweed, bitter-weed, bitter weed are applied to taxa in multiple families
 
 
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcHymenoxys acaulis (Pursh) K.L. Parker var. arizonica (Greene) K.L. Parker; Hymenoxys acaulis (Pursh) K.L. Parker var. nana S.L. Welsh; Tetraneuris acaulis var. nana (S.L. Welsh) Kartesz & Gandhi
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