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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 whitneyi
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)Whitney's monkeyflower; Whitney monkeyflower; harlequin monkeyflower; harlequin monkey-flower; harlequin monkey flower; varicolored monkeyflower; varicolored monkey-flower; varicolor monkeyflower
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxaannual monkeyflower, annual monkey-flower, annual monkey flower are applied to multiple Mimulus s.l. taxa
 
NotesWhitney is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Whitneys is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcScrophulariaceae s.l.; Diplacus whitneyi (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom; Diplacus bicolor (A. Gray) Hrusa
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