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	Lessingia glandulifera var. peirsonii
group	Eudicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family common name(s)	composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion
Genus common name(s)	lessingia
Species common name(s)	valley lessingia; valley vinegarweed; valley vinegar-weed; glandular lessingia


Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	sticky lessingia, common lessingia, autumn vinegar weed are applied to multiple Lessingia taxa; vinegarweed, vinegar-weed, vinegar weed are applied to taxa in multiple families

Notes	Peirson is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Peirsons is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Lessingia lemmonii A. Gray var. peirsonii (J.T. Howell) Ferris