Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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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).

Taxon	Boechera pauciflora
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)	hairy-stemmed elegant rock-cress; hairy stemmed elegant rock cress; hairy-stem rockcress; hairy stem rockcress; hairystem rockcress

Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets	Modoc rock-cress [Ababis campylobloba]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	few-flowered rock-cress, few-flowered rock cress, few-flowered rockcress are most appropriately applied to Boechera sparsiflora; wall-cress, wallcress, wall cress are applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa; rock-cress, rockcress, rock cress are applied to Arabis s.l.


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Arabis sparsiflora Torr. & A. Gray var. subvillosa (S. Watson) Rollins; Boechera sparsiflora (Nutt.) Dorn var. subvillosa (S. Watson) Dorn; Sisymbrium pauciflorum Nutt.