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 | Neoholmgrenia andina |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Onagraceae |
| Family common name(s) | evening primrose; evening-primrose; evening primroses |
| Genus common name(s) | neoholmgrenia |
| Species common name(s) | mountain camissonia; upland evening-primrose; upland evening primrose; plateau evening-primrose; plateau evening primrose; plateau primrose; obscure suncup; obscure evening-primrose; obscure evening primrose; obscure desert-primrose; obscure desert primrose; obscure desertprimrose; Blackfoot River suncup; Blackfoot River evening-primrose; tiny evening-primrose |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | sundrops evening-primrose, sundrops evening primrose, sundrops eveningprimrose, sundrops, sundrop are applied to multiple Onagraceae taxa |
| | | Notes | not known in Andes, so Andean camissonia, Andean evening-primrose, Andean evening primrose, Andean sundrops are misleading |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Camissonia andina (Nutt.) P.H. Raven; Oenothera andina Nutt.; Holmgrenia andina (Nutt.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch |
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