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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 | Oxalis corniculata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Oxalidaceae |
| Family common name(s) | oxalis; wood-sorrel; wood sorrel; woodsorrel; wood-sorrels |
| Genus common name(s) | oxalis; wood-sorrel; wood sorrel; woodsorrel; wood-sorrels |
| Species common name(s) | creeping oxalis; creeping wood-sorrel; creeping wood sorrel; creeping woodsorrel; weedy creeping oxalis; yellow creeping oxalis; creeping lady's-sorrel; creeping lady's sorrel; creeping yellow wood-sorrel; creeping yellow wood sorrel; creeping yellow woodsorrel; creeping yellow sorrel; procumbent yellow sorrel; procumbent yellow-sorrel; procumbent yellow wood-sorrel; procumbent yellow wood sorrel; yellow procumbent wood-sorrel; yellow procumbent wood sorrel; creeping lady's-sorrel; creeping lady's sorrel; creeping ladies' sorrel; creeping ladies' sorrel; creeping ladies sorrel; lady's wood-sorrel; lady's wood sorrel; horned oxalis; horned wood-sorrel; horned wood sorrel; lawn sorrel; damn sorrel; little yellow sorrel; creeping red sorrel; nasturtium oxalis |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | weedy oxalis, yellow oxalis, yellow wood-sorrel, yellow wood sorrel, yellow sorrel, lady's sorrel, lady's-sorrel, ladies' sorrel, wood shamrock, sheep sour, red wood-sorrel, red wood-sorrel are applied to multiple Oxalis taxa; sheep sorrel, sheep-sorrel, poison sheep-sorrel, poison sheep sorrel, poison-sheep-sorrel, field sorrel, red sorrel, red-sorrel, sorrel, shamrock, John-go-to-bed-at-noon, John go to bed at noon, sour clover, sour-clover, sourgrass, sour-grass, sour grass, rabbit clover, sheep's clover are applied to taxa in multiple families |
