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 hastata |
| 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) | American blue verbena; American blue vervain; American wild vervain; American vervain; hastate-leaf vervain; halberd-leaved vervain |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | blue verbena, blue vervain, blue verbane, sandpaper vervain, rough verbena, swamp verbena, swamp vervain, spike verbena, common verbena, common vervain, wild vervain, simpler's-joy, simpler's joy are applied to multiple Verbena taxa; false vervain is applied to multiple Verbenaceae taxa; wild verbena, wild hyssop, all-heal, allheal, iron-weed, iron weed, ironweed, traveler's-joy, traveler's joy, traveller's-joy, traveller's joy, travelers'-joy, travelers' joy, travelers-joy, travelers joy, travellers-joy, travellers joy, clown's lungwort, clown's-lungwort, clowne's all-heal, Clowne's all-heal are applied to taxa in multpile families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian hyssop |
| Notes | American is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. scabra Moldenke |
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