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 | Toxicoscordion micranthum |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Melanthiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | false hellebore; bunchflower |
| Genus common name(s) | toxicoscordion |
| Species common name(s) | little-flowered death-camas; little-flowered death camas; little flowered death camas; small-flowered zigadenus; small flowered zigadenus; small-flowered zigadene; small-flowered zygadene; small-flowered zygadene; small-flowered death-camas; small flowered death camas; small flowered deathcamas; small-flower death-camas; smallflower deathcamas; small-flower poison-camas; small-flower poison camas |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | death-camas, death camas, deathcamas, death-camass, death camass, death camas lily, poison-camas, poison camas, poisoncamas, poison-sego, poison sego, poisonsego, poison sego lily, poison-soaproot, poison soaproot, poisonsoaproot are applied to Zigadenus s.l.; star-lily, starlily, star lily, star-lilies, star lilies, camas, soap-plant, soap plant, soapplant are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Liliaceae s.l.; Zigadenus micranthus Eastw. var. micranthus |
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