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 | Stipa divaricata |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | stipa; stipa grass; steppe-grass; steppe grass; steppegrass |
| Species common name(s) | small-flowered rice-grass; small-flowered rice grass; small flowered rice grass; small-flowered ricegrass; small-flowered mountain-rice; small-flowered mountain rice; small-flower rice-grass; small-flower ricegrass; small-flower mountain rice; little-seeded rice-grass; little-seeded rice grass; little-seeded ricegrass; little-seed rice-grass; little-seed rice grass; little-seed ricegrass; littleseed ricegrass; little-seed mountain-rice; little-seed mountain-rice grass; little mountain ricegrass |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | smilo grass, smilo-grass, smilograss are more commonly applied to Piptatherum miliaceum; ricegrass, rice-grass, rice grass, mountain-rice, mountain rice, Indian mil are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; false buffalograss is more commonly applied to Munroa squarrosa |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: small Indian millet, Indian ricegrass, Indian rice-grass, Indian rice grass |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Oryzopsis micrantha (Trin. & Rupr.) Thurb.; Piptatherum micranthum (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth |
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