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 | Collinsia parviflora |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Plantaginaceae |
| Family common name(s) | plantain; plantains |
| Genus common name(s) | collinsia; blue-eyed-Mary; blue-eyed Mary; blue eyed Mary; blueeyed Mary; blue-eye-Mary; blue-eye Mary; Mary blue-lips; blue-lips; blue lips; bluelips; Chinese-houses; Chinese houses; Chinesehouses |
| Species common name(s) | small-flowered collinsia; small flowered collinsia; small-flowered blue-eyed-Mary; small-flowered blue-eyed Mary; small flowered blue eyed Mary; smallflowered blue eyed Mary; small-flowered blueeyed Mary; smallflowered blueeyed Mary; small-flower collinsia; small-flower blue-eyed-Mary; small-flower blue-eyed Mary; smallflower blue-eyed-Mary; smallflower blue-eyed Mary; smallflower blue eyed Mary; small-flowered blue-eye-Mary; small-flowered blue-eye Mary; small flowered blue-eye Mary; little-flowered collinsia; little flowered collinsia; littleflowered collinsia; little-flowered blue-eyed-Mary; little-flowered blue-eyed Mary; little-flower collinsia; little flower collinsia; littleflower collinsia; small blue-eyed-Mary; small blue-eyed Mary; little blue eyed-Mary; little blue eyed Mary; tiny dark blue collinsia; slender collinsia; maiden blue-eyed-Mary; maiden blue-eyed Mary; maiden blue eyed Mary; Betty blue-lips |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | few-flowered collinsia, few flowered collinsia, fewflowered collinsia, few-flowered blue-eyed-Mary, few-flowered blue-eyed Mary, few flowered blue eyed Mary are more commonly applied to Collinsia sparsiflora; small collinsia is applied to multiple Collinsia taxa; innocence is applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l. |
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