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	Eremothera chamaenerioides
group	Eudicots
Family	Onagraceae
Family common name(s)	evening primrose; evening-primrose; evening primroses
Genus common name(s)	eremothera; desert oenothera
Species common name(s)	long-capsuled suncup; long-capsuled primrose; long-capsule suncup; longcapsule suncup; long-capsule primrose; long capsule primrose; long-fruit suncup; long fruit suncup; slender-pod camissonia; willow-herb evening-primrose; willow-herb evening primrose; willow-herb primrose; modest primrose


Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	desert-primrose, desert primrose, desert evening-primrose, desert evening primrose, desert eveningprimrose are applied to multiple Onagraceae taxa


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Camissonia chamaenerioides (A. Gray) P.H. Raven; Oenothera chamaenerioides A. Gray