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 | Camissoniopsis pallida subsp. hallii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Onagraceae |
| Family common name(s) | evening primrose; evening-primrose; evening primroses |
| Genus common name(s) | camissoniopsis |
| Species common name(s) | pallid evening-primrose; pallid evening primrose; pale camissonia; pale-yellow suncup; pale yellow suncup; paleyellow suncup; pale-yellow sun-cup; pale yellow sun cup; pale primrose; white-pole evening-primrose; white pole evening primrose |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | pale sun-cup, pale sun cup, pale-yellow evening-primrose, pale yellow evening-primrose, pale yellow evening primrose, pale evening-primrose, pale evening primrose, pale eveningprimrose are applied to multiple Camissonia s.l. taxa; pale evening-primrose, pale evening primrose, pale eveningprimrose, white evening-primrose, white evening primrose are applied to multiple Onagraceae taxa; pale-yellow primrose, pale yellow primrose are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Hall is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Halls', Halls are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Camissonia pallida (Abrams) P.H. Raven subsp. hallii (Davidson) P.H. Raven; Oenothera hallii (Davidson) Munz |
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