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 hendersonii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Primulaceae |
| Family common name(s) | primrose |
| Genus common name(s) | primula; primrose |
| Species common name(s) | Henderson's shooting-star; Henderson's shooting star; Henderson's shootingstar; Henderson's shooting-stars; Henderson's shooting stars; Henderson's shootingstars; Henderson's mosquito-bills; Henderson's mosquito bills; Henderson's sailor-caps; Henderson's sailor caps; Henderson's mad violets; Henderson's dodecatheon; Henderson shooting-star; Henderson shooting star; Henderson shootingstar; Henderson shooting-stars; Henderson shooting stars; Henderson shootingstars; Henderson mosquito-bills; Henderson mosquito bills; Henderson sailor-caps; Henderson sailor caps; Henderson mad violets; Henderson dodecatheon; foothill shooting-star; foothill shooting star; woodland shooting-star; woodland shooting star; broad-leaved shooting-star; broad-leaved shooting star; broad-leaved shootingstar; broad-leafed shooting-star; broad-leafed shooting star; broad leafed shooting star; broad-leaf shooting-star; broad-leaf shooting star; Pacific shooting star; Pacific sailor caps; Pacific sailor-caps; Pacific sailorcaps; California mosquito-bills; California mosquito bills |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | mosquito-bills, mosquito bills, mosquitobills, mosquito-bill, mosquito bill, mosquitobill, 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 |
| | | Notes | Henderson, Pacific are proper names, so upper case preferable; Hendersons is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Dodecatheon hendersonii A. Gray |
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