Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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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).

Taxon	Mimulus filicaulis
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)	slender-stemmed monkeyflower; slender stemmed monkeyflower; slender-stemmed monkey-flower; slender-stemmed monkey flower; slender stemmed monkey flower; slender-stem monkeyflower; slender stem monkeyflower; slender-stem monkey-flower; slenderstem monkeyflower

Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets	Hetch Hetchy monkeyflower [Mimulus biolettii]; Hetch Hetchy monkey-flower [Mimulus biolettii]; Hetch-Hetchy monkeyflower [Mimulus biolettii]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	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


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Erythranthe filicaulis (S. Watson) G.L. Nesom & N.S. Fraga,; Mimulus biolettii Eastw.