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 | Mimulus pilosus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Phrymaceae |
| Family common name(s) | lopseed; lop-seed; lopseeds; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
| Genus common name(s) | mimulus; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
| Species common name(s) | pilose monkeyflower; pilose monkey-flower; pilose monkey flower; downy mimetanthe; downy monkeyflower; downy monkey-flower; downy monkey flower; hairy mimetanthe; hairy monkeyflower; hairy monkey-flower; hairy monkey flower; little hairy monkeyflower; hairy little monkeyflower; clammy mimulus; clammy monkeyflower; false mimulus; false monkeyflower; false monkey-flower; false monkey flower |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | snouted monkeyflower, snouted monkey-flower, snouted monkey flower, annual monkeyflower, annual monkey-flower, annual monkey flower, little monkeyflower, hairy mimulus 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.; Mimetanthe pilosa (Benth.) Greene |
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