Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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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	Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus
group	Eudicots
Family	Fabaceae
Family common name(s)	legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses
Genus common name(s)	lathyrus; sweet-pea; sweet pea; sweetpea; vetchling
Species common name(s)	common Pacific pea; common Pacific peavine; Pacific pea; Pacific sweet pea; Pacific vetchling; hillside pea; canyon pea; ca√±on pea; canyon sweet pea

Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets	Bolander's pea [subsp. bolanderi]; Bolander's Pacific pea [subsp. bolanderi]; San Gabriel pea [subsp. laetiflorus]; San Gabriel peavine [subsp. laetiflorus]; Santa Barbara sweetpea [Lathyrus laetiflorus subsp. barbarae]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	woodland pea, Pacific peavine are applied to multiple Lathyrus taxa; pea, wild-pea, wild pea, wild sweetpea, wild sweet-pea, wild sweet pea, everlasting pea, everlasting-pea, everlasting peavine, bitter vetch, peavine, pea-vine, pea vine are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa

Notes	Pacific, Bolander, San Gabriel, Santa Barbara are proper names, so upper case preferable; Bolanders is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	subsp. bolanderi (S. Watson) C.L. Hitchc., in part; subsp. laetiflorus (Greene) Broich; subsp. laevicarpus Broich; subsp. puberulus (Greene) C.L. Hitchc.; Lathyrus laetiflorus Greene subsp. barbarae (T.G. White) C.L. Hitchc.