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 | Erigeron sumatrensis |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | erigeron; daisy-fleabane; daisy fleabane; daisyfleabane; fleabane-daisy; fleabane daisy; flea-bane daisy; fleabanedaisy; fleabane-aster; fleabane aster; midsummer-aster; midsummer aster |
| Species common name(s) | many-flowered horseweed; many-flowered asthmaweed; many-flowered fleabane; tropical horseweed; pink horseweed |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Bilbao fleabane [Conyza bilbaoana] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | hairy horseweed, hairy horse-weed are applied to multiple Conyza taxa; fleabane, flea-bane, flea bane, tall fleabane, butterweed, butter-weed, butter weed, ploughman's-wort, plowman's wort, plowmanwort, broad-leaved fleabane, broad leaved fleabane, broadleaf fleabane, broad-leaf fleabane, smooth fleabane are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; horse weed, horse-weed, horseweed, flea-wort, fleawort, flea wort, asthmaweed, asthma-weed, asthma weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E. Walker; Conyza floribunda Kunth; Conyza bilbaoana J. Rémy, misapplied |
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