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 | Verbena bonariensis |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Verbenaceae |
| Family common name(s) | verbena; vervain; vervains |
| Genus common name(s) | verbena; vervain; verveine; vervane; verbane; vervine; purvain; purvane |
| Species common name(s) | Buenos Aires verbena; Buenos Aires vervain; Buenos Aires verveine; Argentinian verbena; Argentinian vervain; Argentine verbena; Argentine vervain; South America verbena; purple-top verbena; purple top verbena; purpletop verbena; purple-top vervain; purple top vervain; purpletop vervain; cluster-flowered verbena; cluster-flowered vervain; cluster flowered vervain; cluster-flower verbena; clusterflower verbena; cluster-flower vervain; cluster flower vervain; clustered-flower vervain; clustered flower vervain; verbena-on-a-stick; verbena on a stick; pretty verbena; pretty vervain |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | purple verbena, South American verbena, South American vervain, Brazilian verbena, Brazilian vervain, tall verbena, tall vervain, upright verbena, garden verbena are applied to multiple Verbena taxa; purple top, purple-top, purpletop, wild verbena, square weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Buenos Aires, Argentinian, Argentine, South America are proper names, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Verbena incompta P.W. Michael |
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