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 | Packera streptanthifolia var. streptanthifolia |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | packera |
| Species common name(s) | Rocky Mountain groundsel; Rocky Mountain butterweed; many-face groundsel; manyface groundsel |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | cleft-leaved groundsel, cleft-leaf groundsel, cleftleaf groundsel, cleftleaf ragwort, Rocky Mountain ragwort, northern ragwort, northern groundsel are applied to multiple Packera taxa; butterweed, butter-weed, ragwort, rag-wort, groundsel, groundsell are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-weed, squaw weed, squawweed |
| Notes | Rocky Mountain is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Rockymountain, rockymountain are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Senecio streptanthifolius Greene; Senecio cymbalarioides Nutt. |
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