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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).





TaxonMimulus bolanderi
groupEudicots
FamilyPhrymaceae
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)Bolander's monkeyflower; Bolander's monkey-flower; Bolander's monkey flower; Bolander monkeyflower; Bolander monkey-flower; Bolander monkey flower; tobacco mimulus; tobacco monkeyflower; tobacco monkey-flower; tobacco monkey flower
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketswide-throated purple monkey-flower [Mimulus platylaemus]; widethroat pink monkeyflower [Mimulus platylaemus]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxapurple monkeyflower, purple monkey-flower, purple monkey flower, pink monkeyflower, pink monkey-flower, pink monkey flower, annual monkeyflower, annual monkey-flower, annual monkey flower are applied to multiple Mimulus s.l. taxa; monkey faces, monkey-faces is applied to taxa in multiple families
 
NotesBolander is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Bolanders is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcScrophulariaceae s.l.; Mimulus platylaemus Pennell; Diplacus bolanderi (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom
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