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 | Eschscholzia glyptosperma |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Papaveraceae |
| Family common name(s) | poppy; poppywort; poppyworts, amapola |
| Genus common name(s) | eschscholzia; eschscholzia-poppy; eschscholzia poppy; Eschscholtz's poppy; Eschscholtz poppy; California-poppy; California poppy; Californiapoppy; Californian-poppy; Californian poppy; gold-poppy; gold poppy; goldpoppy; cups-of-flame; cups of flame |
| Species common name(s) | desert golden-poppy; desert golden poppy; desert goldenpoppy; desert gold-poppy; desert gold poppy; Mojave poppy; Mojave-poppy; Mohave poppy; Mojave gold poppy; scapose eschscholzia |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | annual California-poppy, annual California poppy, annual gold-poppy are applied to multiple Eschscholzia taxa; golden-poppy, golden poppy goldenpoppy, desert-poppy, desert poppy are applied to multiple Papaveraceae taxa; cups-of-gold, cups of gold, desert gold are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Mojave, California, Californian are proper names, so upper case preferable; Californias is an error |
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