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 | Diplacus aridus |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Phrymaceae |
Family common name(s) | lopseed; lop-seed; lopseeds; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
Genus common name(s) | diplacus |
Species common name(s) | San Diego bush-monkeyflower; San Diego bush monkeyflower; San Diego bush monkeyflower; Jacumba monkeyflower; Jacumba monkey flower; low bush-monkey-flower; low bush monkey-flower; low bush monkey-flower; low bush monkey flower; low 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; Mimulus aurantiacus Curtis var. aridus (Abrams) D.M. Thomps. |
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