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 | Bromus catharticus var. elatus |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | bromus; brome; brome-grass; brome grass; bromegrass; bromo; chess; chess-grass; chess grass; chessgrass |
| Species common name(s) | rescue brome; rescue brome-grass; rescue brome grass; rescue bromegrass; rescuegrass; Schrader's bromus; Schrader's brome; Schrader's brome-grass; Schrader's brome grass; Schrader's bromegrass; Schrader's grass; flat-spiked brome-grass; flat-spiked brome grass; flat spiked brome grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Chilean brome, roadside brome, rescue-grass, rescue grass, wild brome-grass, southern chess, prairie brome, Schrader's brome, meadow brome, meadow brome-grass, meadow brome grass, meadow bromegrass, wild brome grass, cheatgrass, cheat-grass, cheat grass, cheat are applied to multiple Bromus taxa; prairie grass, prairie-grass, Johnson grass, Johnson-grass, Johnsongrass applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Schrader is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Schraders is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Bromus stamineus E. Desv. |
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