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 | Castilleja attenuata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Orobanchaceae |
| Family common name(s) | orobanch; broomrape; broom-rape; broom rape; broom-rapes; ground-cone; ground cone; groundcone |
| Genus common name(s) | paintbrush; paint brush; painter's-brush; painter's brush; painters'-brush; painters' brush; painters-brush; painters brush; painted-cup; painted cup; paintedcup; Native American paintbrush |
| Species common name(s) | valley tassels; valley-tassels; valleytassels; valley tassles; valleytassels owlclover; attenuated paintbrush; attenuate paintbrush; attenuate owl's-clover; attenuate owl's clover; narrow-leaved owl's-clover; narrow-leaved owl's clover; narrow leaved owl's clover; narrow-leaved owl-clover; narrow-leaved owl clover; narrow leaved owl clover; narrow-leaved owlclover; narrow leaved owlclover; narrow-leaved orthocarpus; narrow leaved orthocarpus; narrow-leaf owl's-clover; narrowleaf owl's-clover; narrow-leaf owl-clover; narrow-leaf owl clover; narrow owl's-clover; slender owl's clover; slender owl clover |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | narrow-leaved paintbrush, narrow-leaf paintbrush, narrow leaf paintbrush, narrowleaf paintbrush, common owl's-clover, common owl's clover, common owls'-clover, common owls' clover, common owls-clover, common owls clover, narrow-leafed owl-clover, white owls-clover white owls clover, owl's-clover, owl's clover, owls'-clover, owls' clover, owls-clover, owls clover, owlsclover, owl-clover, owl clover, owlclover are applied to multiple Orobanchaceae taxa; paint-brush, prairie-fire, prairie fire, hierba del cancer, bloody noses are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian paintbrush, Indian-paintbrush, Indian paint-brush, Indian paint brush, Indianpaintbrush, attenuated Indian paintbrush, attenuate Indian paintbrush, attenuate Indian-paintbrush; not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-feather, squaw feather, squawfeather |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Orthocarpus attenuatus A. Gray |
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