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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 | Fritillaria atropurpurea |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Liliaceae |
| Family common name(s) | lily; lilywort; lilyworts |
| Genus common name(s) | fritillaria; fritillary; mission-bells; mission bells; missionbells; checker-lily; checker lily; checkerlily; checkered lily; rice-root; rice root; riceroot; rice-roots; rice roots |
| Species common name(s) | spotted fritillary; spotted mission-bells; spotted mission bells; spotted missionbells; spotted mountain bells; purple-spot fritillary; purplespot fritillary; purple fritillary; sagehen purple fritillary; purple-spot fritillary; purplespot fritillary; purple mission-bells; purple mission bells |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | spotted fritillaria, purple-spotted fritillaria, chocolate-lily, chocolate lily, chocolate lilies, chocolate mission bells, mountain fritillary, are applied to multiple Fritillaria taxa; leopard-lily, leopard lily, tiger lily, tigerlily, brown lily are applied to multiple Liliaceae taxa; mountain bell, mountain-bell, mountainbell, mountain bells, mountain-bells, mountainbells are applied to taxa in multiple families |
