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 | Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Asteraceae |
Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
Genus common name(s) | ericameria; heath-goldenrod; heath goldenrod; heathgoldenrod |
Species common name(s) | rubber rabbitbrush; rubber-rabbitbrush; rubber rabbit-brush; rubber rabbit brush; common rubber rabbitbrush; common rubber-rabbitbrush; common rabbitbrush; common rabbit-brush; common rabbit-brush; big rabbitbrush; gray rabbitbrush; gray rabbit-brush; gray rabbit brush; grey rabbitbrush; grey rabbit brush; chamisa rabbitbrush; chamisa rabbit-brush; rabbitbrush chamisa; golden rabbitbrush; golden rabbit brush; green-plume rabbitbrush; greenplume rabbitbrush; green plume rabbitbrush; stinking rabbitbrush; stinking rabbit brush; fetid rayless goldenrod; fetid rayless golden-rod |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | white rabbitbrush, white rubber rabbitbrush are more commonly applied to var. hololeuca; goldenweed, golden-weed, golden weed, goldenbush, golden-bush, goldenbush, rabbit-sage, rabbit sage, rabbitsage, yellowbrush, yellow-brush, yellow brush are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; antelope brush is more commonly applied to Purshia; chamise, chamiso, chamisa, chamis, chamizo, chamiza, chamiso blanco are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pall. ex Pursh) Britton subsp. albicaulis (Nutt.) H.M. Hall & Clem., var. macrophyllus J.T. Howell, Chrysothamnus californicus Greene |
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