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 | Mimulus aurantiacus var. aridus |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Phrymaceae |
Family common name(s) | lopseed; lop-seed; lopseeds; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
Genus common name(s) | mimulus; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
Species common name(s) | orange bush-monkeyflower; orange bush monkeyflower; orange bush-monkey-flower; orange bush monkey-flower; orange bush monkey flower; orange monkeyflower; salmon bush monkey-flower; salmon bush monkey-flower; salmon bush monkeyflower; sticky mimulus; sticky diplacus; sticky bush-monkeyflower; sticky bush monkeyflower; sticky bush monkey-flower; sticky bush monkey flower; sticky monkey bush; coast bush monkeyflower; northern bush-monkeyflower; northern bush monkeyflower |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | bush-monkeyflower, bush monkeyflower, bush-monkey-flower, bush monkey-flower, bush monkey flower, sticky monkeyflower, sticky monkey-flower, sticky monkey flower, coast monkeyflower, coast monkey-flower, coast monkey flower, coastal monkeyflower, coastal monkey-flower, coastal monkey flower, Sierra monkey-flower, Sierra monkey flower are applied to multiple Mimulus s.l. taxa; monkey faces, monkey-faces is applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Mimulus aridus (Abrams) A.L. Grant; Diplacus aridus Abrams |
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