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 | Claytonia rubra subsp. depressa |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Montiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | montia |
| Genus common name(s) | claytonia; spring-beauty; spring beauty; springbeauty; good-morning-spring; good-morning spring; good morning spring; goodmorningspring |
| Species common name(s) | red-stemmed spring-beauty; red-stemmed spring beauty; red stemmed spring beauty; red-stemmed miner's-lettuce; red-stemmed miner's lettuce; red stemmed miner's lettuce; redstemmed miner's lettuce; red-stem spring-beauty; red-stem springbeauty; redstem spring beauty; redstem springbeauty; red-stem miner's-lettuce; red-stem miner's lettuce; red claytonia; red miner's-lettuce; red miner's lettuce; little red miner's-ettuce; ittle red miner's lettuce; red miners-lettuce; red miners lettuce; reddish miner's-lettuce; reddish miner's lettuce; erubescent miner’s-lettuce; erubescent miner’s lettuce; erubescent miners-lettuce; erubescent miners lettuce |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | miner's-lettuce, miner's lettuce, miners' lettuce, miners lettuce, minerslettuce, minor's lettuce are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw lettuce, squaw-lettuce, squawlettuce, squaw-cabbage, squaw cabbage; not recommended: Indian-lettuce, Indian lettuce, Indianlettuce |
| Notes | Cuban, Spanish are proper names, so upper case preferable; Minor's Lettice appears to be an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Portulacaceae |
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