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 | Phlox austromontana |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polemoniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | polemonium; polemone; polemon; phlox; gilia |
| Genus common name(s) | phlox |
| Species common name(s) | southern mountain phlox; western mountain phlox |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | prostrate mountain phlox [subsp. prostrata] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | mountain phlox, desert mountain phlox, desert phlox, spreading phlox are applied to multiple Polemoniaceae taxa; sweet William, sweet-William, sweetwilliam, wild sweet William, wild sweet-William, wild sweetwilliam are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. austromontana; subsp. prostrata (E.E. Nelson) Wherry |
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