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 linariifolia |
| 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) | Wyoming paintbrush; Wyoming paint-brush; Wyoming paint brush; Wyoming painted-cup; Wyoming painted cup; Wyoming paintedcup; linear-leaved paintbrush; linear-leaved paint-brush; linear-leaf paintbrush; linearleaf paintbrush; linaria-leaved paintbrush; linaria-leaved paint-brush |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | narrow-leaved paintbrush, narrow-leaf paintbrush, narrow leaf paintbrush, narrowleaf paintbrush, long-leaved paintbrush, long leaved paintbrush, long-leafed paintbrush, desert paintbrush are applied to multiple Castilleja 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, Wyoming Indian paintbrush, Wyoming Indian-paintbrush, narrowleaf Indian paintbrush, linaria-leaved Indian paintbrush, linaria-leaved Indian paint-brush, red Indians; not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-feather, squaw feather, squawfeather |
| Notes | Wyoming is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l. |
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