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 | Primula tetrandra |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Primulaceae |
| Family common name(s) | primrose |
| Genus common name(s) | primula; primrose |
| Species common name(s) | alpine shooting-star; alpine shooting star; alpine shootingstar; alpine dodecatheon |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | large alpine shooting star [Dodecatheon alpinum subsp. majus] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | mad violets, prairie-pointers are applied to multiple Primula [Dodecatheon] taxa; bird-bills, bird bills, birdbills, American cowslip, cowslip, pinky-winky, pinky winky are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene; Dodecatheon tetrandrum Suksd. ex Greene |
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