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 | Galium porrigens var. porrigens |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Rubiaceae |
Family common name(s) | madder; coffee |
Genus common name(s) | galium; gallio; gallion; gaillet; bedstraw; bed-straw; bed straw; cleavers; cleaver; cleaverwort; cleaver-wort; cleaver wort; cleavewort; clivers |
Species common name(s) | twining bedstraw; graceful bedstraw; oval-leaved bedstraw; oval leaved bedstraw; oval-leaf bedstraw; ovalleaf bedstraw; Laura May's bedstraw |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | climbing bedstraw is applied to multiple Galium taxa; Nuttall's bedstraw is more commonly applied to Galium nuttallii; beggar's-lice, beggar's lice, beggars lice, beggars-lice, beggar-lice, beggar lice, beggarlice are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Galium nuttallii A. Gray var. ovalifolium Dempster |
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