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 | Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Melanthiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | false hellebore; bunchflower |
| Genus common name(s) | toxicoscordion |
| Species common name(s) | deadly zigadenus; deadly zygadenus; deadly zigadene; deadly zygadene; meadow death-camas; meadow death camas; meadow deathcamas; meadow death camas lily; meadow poison-camus; meadow poison camus; common death-camas; common death camas; common death camas lily; Watson's death-camas; Watson's death camas |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | poison sego, poison sego-lily, poison sego lily are applied to multiple Toxicoscordion taxa; death-camas, death camas, deathcamas, death-camass, death camass, death camas lily, poison-camas, poison camas, poisoncamas, poison-sego, poison sego, poisonsego, poison sego lily, poison-soaproot, poison soaproot, poisonsoaproot are applied to Zigadenus s.l.; star-lily, starlily, star lily, star-lilies, star lilies, camas, soap-plant, soap plant, soapplant, meadow camas are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Watson is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Watsons is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Liliaceae s.l.; Zigadenus venenosus S. Watson var. venenosus |
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