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 | Hemizonia congesta subsp. congesta |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | hemizonia |
| Species common name(s) | hayfield hemizonia; hayfield tarplant; hayfield tarweed; hayfield tar-weed; hayfield tar weed; hay-field tarweed; hay field tarweed; field tarplant; field tarweed; congested tarplant; congested tarweed; crowded tarplant; crowded tarweed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | seaside tarplant, yellow hayfield tarplant, yellow hayfield tarweed, yellow hay-field tarweed, yellow hay field tarweed, white hayfield tarplant are applied to multiple subspp.; spring tarweed, common tarplant, common tar-plant, common tar plant, common tarweed, common tar-weed, common tar weed are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; tarplant, tar-plant, tar plant, tarweed, tar-weed, tar weed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | pale yellow appears to be based on subsp. leucocephala and may not accurately describe flower color |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. leucocephala (B.D. Tanowitz) D.J. Keil |
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