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 | California macrophylla |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Geraniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | geranium; geraniums; crane's-bill; crane's bill |
| Genus common name(s) | California filaree |
| Species common name(s) | California filaree; California stork's bill; California storksbill; large-leaved filaree; large leaved filaree; large-leaf filaree; largeleaf filaree; large-leaf storksbill; round-leaved filaree; round-leafed filaree; round-leaf filaree; roundleaf filaree; round-leaf stork's-bill; round-leaf stork's bill; roundleaf stork's-bill; roundleaf stork's bill; round-leaf storksbill; roundleaf storksbill |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | white-flowered filaree, white-flowered stork's-bill are applied to multiple Geraniaceae taxa; cranesbill, crane's-bill, crane's bill, cranebill are more commonly applied to Geranium |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Erodium macrophyllum Hook. & Arn.; Erodium macrophyllum Hook. & Arn. var. californicum (Greene) Jeps. |
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