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 | Dysphania anthelmintica |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Chenopodiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | chenopod; chenopode; goosefoot; pigweed; pigweeds |
| Genus common name(s) | dysphania |
| Species common name(s) | Atlantic wormseed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | American wormseed, American worm-seed, American worm seed are applied to multiple Dysphania taxa; Jerusalem-oak, Jerusalem oak, feather-geranium, feather geranium are more commonly applied to Dysphania botrys; Mexican-tea, Mexican tea, Jesuit's tea, wormseed, worm-seed, worm seed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Amaranthaceae; Chenopodium anthelminticum L. including var. anthelminticum (L.) A. Gray. |
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