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 | Linanthus pungens |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polemoniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | polemonium; polemone; polemon; phlox; gilia |
| Genus common name(s) | linanthus |
| Species common name(s) | sharp-pointed linanthus; sharp slenderlobe; granite linanthus; granite prickly-phlox; granite prickly phlox; granite prickly-gilia; granite prickly gilia; granite pricklygilia; granite prickly-phlox; granite prickly phlox; granite phlox; mountain prickly-phlox; mountain prickly phlox; lava phlox; common prickly-phlox; common prickly phlox; common prickly-gilia; common prickly gilia; common pricklygilia; small prickly-gilia; small prickly gilia |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | prickly-phlox, prickly phlox, pricklyphlox, prickly flox, prickly-gilia, prickly gilia, pricklygilia, shrubby phlox are applied to multiple taxa formerly placed in Leptodactylon; spiny gilia, granite gilia, granite-gilia, granitegilia are applied to multiple Polemoniaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Rydb. |
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