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 | Lepidium acutidens |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Brassicaceae |
| Family common name(s) | crucifer; cruciferae; cruciform; mustard; mustards; cabbage; cress; cresses; brassica |
| Genus common name(s) | lepidium |
| Species common name(s) | short-toothed peppergrass; sharp toothed peppergrass; sharp-toothed pepper-grass; sharp-tooth peppergrass; alkali pepperwort; mule's-ear pepper-grass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | alkali pepperweed, alkalai pepperweed, veiny peppergrass, veiny pepper-grass are applied to multiple Lepidium taxa; peppercress, pepper-cress, pepper cress, pepper-weed, pepperweed, pepper weed are applied to multiple Brassicaceae taxa; whitetop, white-top, white top, whiteweed, white-weed, white weed, pepperwort, pepper-plant, pepperplant, pepper plant, pepper-grass, peppergrass, pepper grass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Gray (when referring to a person, e.g., A. Gray) is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Grays is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Lepidium dictyotum A. Gray var. acutidens A. Gray; Lepidium oxycarpum Torr. & A. Gray var. acutidens (A. Gray) Jeps. |
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