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 | Boechera stricta |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Brassicaceae |
| Family common name(s) | crucifer; cruciferae; cruciform; mustard; mustards; cabbage; cress; cresses; brassica |
| Genus common name(s) | boechera |
| Species common name(s) | Drummond's rock-cress; Drummond's rock cress; Drummond's rockcress; Drummond's tower mustard; Drummond's mustard; Drummond's arabis; Drummond rock-cress; Drummond rock cress; Drummond rockcress; Drummond tower mustard; Drummond mustard; Drummond arabis; short-fruit rockcress; shortfruit rockcress |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Canadian rock-cress, Canadian rock cress, Canadian rockcress, Canada rock-cress, Canada rock cress, Canada rockcress; purple rock-cress, purple rockcress, purple rock cress, wall-cress, wallcress, wall cress are applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa; rock-cress, rockcress, rock cress are applied to Arabis s.l. |
| | | Notes | Drummond is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Drummonds is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Boechera drummondii (A. Gray) Á. L√∂ve & D. L√∂ve; Arabis drummondii A. Gray |
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