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 | Polemonium pulcherrimum var. shastense |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Polemoniaceae |
| Family common name(s) | polemonium; polemone; polemon; phlox; gilia |
| Genus common name(s) | polemonium |
| Species common name(s) | beautiful Jacob's-ladder; beautiful Jacob's ladder; beautiful Jacobs-ladder; beautiful Jacobs ladder; beautiful Jacobsladder; pretty Jacob's-ladder; pretty Jacob's ladder; pretty Jacobsladder; pretty Jacobs ladder; showy polemonium; short Jacob's-ladder; short Jacob's ladder; skunk-leaved polemonium; skunk leaved polemonium; skunk-leaved Jacob's-ladder; skunk-leaved Jacob's ladder; skunk eaved Jacob's ladder; skunk-leafed polemonium; skunk-leafed Jacob's-ladder; skunk-leafed Jacob's ladder; skunk leafed Jacob's ladder; skunk-leaf polemonium; skunk leaf polemonium; skunkleaf polemonium; skunk-leaf Jacob's-ladder; skunkleaf Jacob's-ladder; skunkleaf Jacob's ladder; sky blue Jacob's-ladder; sky blue Jacob's ladder |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | beautiful polemonium, western sky pilot, showy Jacob's-ladder, showy Jacob's ladder, showy sky pilot are applied to multiple Polemonium taxa; sky pilot, sky-pilot, skypilot, sky pilots, Jacob's-ladder, Jacob's ladder, Jacobsladder, Jacobs-ladder, Jacobs ladder, Jacobsladder, skunk-weed, skunk weed, skunkweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Polemonium shastense Eastw. |
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