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 | Oenothera curtiflora |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Onagraceae |
| Family common name(s) | evening primrose; evening-primrose; evening primroses |
| Genus common name(s) | oenothera; evening-primrose; evening primrose; eveningprimrose; evening-primroses |
| Species common name(s) | small-flowered gaura; small flowered gaura; smallflowered gaura; small-flower gaura; small flower gaura; smallflower gaura; velvet gaura; velvet butterfly-weed; velvety gaura; velvety butterfly-weed; velvety butterflyweed; velvet-leaved gaura; velvet leaved gaura; velvet-leaf gaura; velvet leaf gaura; velvetleaf gaura; velvet-leaf butterfly-weed; willow gaura; lizard-tail gaura; lizardtail gaura; lizard-tail velvet-weed; lizard-tail velvet weed; lizard-tail velvetweed; lizardtail velvetweed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | southern butterfly-weed, tall gaura are applied to multiple Gaura taxa; velvet-weed, velvet weed, velvetweed, wild honeysuckle, butterfly-weed, butterfly weed, butterflyweed, lizard's-tail, lizard's tail, lizard-tail, lizard tail, lizardtail, lizard-tails, lizard tails are applied to multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Gaura parviflora Lehm.; Gaura parviflora Lehm. var. lachnocarpa Weath.; Gaura mollis James, nom. rej. |
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