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 | Euphorbia lathyris |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | euphorb; spurge; spurges |
| Genus common name(s) | euphorbia; spurge; wolf's-milk; wolf's milk; wolfs-milk; wolfs milk; wolfsmilk; wolf-milk; wolf milk; wolfmilk |
| Species common name(s) | caper euphorbia; caper spurge; gopher purge; anti-gopher plant; antigopher plant; mole spurge; mole purge; mole-tree; mole tree; mole-weed; mole weed; paper spurge; sassy jack; Virgin's milk |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | gopher spurge, gopher plant, gopher-plant, gopherplant are applied to multiple Euphorbia taxa; mole-plant, moleplant, mole plant, tithymal, thymalos are applied to multiple Euphorbiaceae taxa; myrtle spurge is more commonly applied to Euphorbia myrsinites; gopher-weed, gopher weed, gopherweed, compass-plant, compass plant, compassplant, milkweed, milk-weed, milk weed are applied to taxa in multiple families; caper bush, wild caper are more commonly applied to Capparis spinosa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Tithymalus lathyris (L.) Hill |
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