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 | Eremalche exilis |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Malvaceae |
| Family common name(s) | mallow; mallows; cotton |
| Genus common name(s) | eremalche; lonely mallow |
| Species common name(s) | white eremalche; slender feeble lonely mallow; slender, feeble lonely mallow |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | white mallow, white-mallow, false-mallow, false mallow, falsemallow, false mallo, desert-mallow, desert mallow, ground mallow are applied to multiple Malvaceae taxa |
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