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 wightii |
| 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) | Wight's paintbrush; Wight's paint-brush; Wight's paint brush; Wight paintbrush; Wight paint-brush; Wight paint brush; beach paintbrush |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | seaside paintbrush, seaside paint-brush, seaside paint brush, coast paintbrush, coast paint-brush, coast paint brush, coastal paintbrush are applied to multiple Castilleja taxa; glandular paintbrush is more commonly applied to Castilleja glandulifera; 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, Wright's Indian paintbrush, Wright's Indian paint-brush, Wight Indian paint-brush, coast Indian paint-brush, glandular Indian paintbrush, red Indians; not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-feather, squaw feather, squawfeather |
| Notes | Wight is a proper name, so upper case preferable; report in PLANTS of Castilleja wightii as a synonym of Castilleja affinis is in error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l. |
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