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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	Sagittaria montevidensis subsp. calycina
group	Monocots
Family	Alismataceae
Family common name(s)	water-plantain; water plantain; waterplantain; arrowhead
Genus common name(s)	sagittaria; arrowhead; arrow-head; arrow head; tule-potato; tule potato; tulepotato; tule root; swamp-potato; swamp potato; duck-potato; duck potato; duckpotato; swan-potato; swan potato; wapato; wap-pa-to; wapatoo; wappato; wappatoo; whapto; wapto; flecha de agua
Species common name(s)	Montevideo arrowhead; Montevideo arrow-head

Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets	small lophotocarpus [Lophotocarpus depauperatus]; California arrowhead [Lophotocarpus californicus]; California lophotocarpus [Lophotocarpus californicus]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	giant arrowhead, long-lobed arrowhead, long lobed arrowhead, long-lobed arrow-head, long-lobe arrowhead, longlobe arrowhead are applied to multiple Sagittaria taxa


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Sagittaria calycina Engelm.; Lophotocarpus calycinus (Engelm.) J. G. Sm; Lophotocarpus californicus J.G. Sm.