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 | Orobanche uniflora |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Orobanchaceae |
| Family common name(s) | orobanch; broomrape; broom-rape; broom rape; broom-rapes; ground-cone; ground cone; groundcone |
| Genus common name(s) | orobanche; orobanch; broomrape; broom-rape; broom rape; broomrapes |
| Species common name(s) | one-flowered broomrape; one flowered broomrape; one-flowered broom-rape; one-flowered broom rape; oneflowered broomrape; one-flowered cancer-root; one-flowered cancer root; one flowered cancer root; one-flowered cancerroot; 1-flowered cancer root; one-flower broomrape; one flower broomrape; oneflower broomrape; one-flower cancerroot; one flower cancerroot; single-flowered broomrape; single flowered broomrape; single-flowered broom-rape; single flowered broom-rape; single-flowered cancer-root; single-flowered cancer root; single-flower broomrape; single flower broomrape; naked broomrape; naked broom-rape; naked broom rape; naked cancer-root; pale broomrape; pale broom-rape; pale cancer-root; small broomrape; cancer-drops; cancer drops; ghost-pipe broomrape; ghost pipe broomrape; ghostpipe broomrape; waubunodjeebik |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | yellow cancer-root, yellow cancer root, purple broomrape are applied to multiple Orobanche taxa; ghost-pipe, ghost pipe, ghostpipe are more commonly applied to Monotropa uniflora; cancer-root, cancer root, cancerweed, cancer weed, cancer-weed, vetch strangler are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-drops, squaw drops, squawroot, squaw-root, squaw root |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. minuta (Suksd.) Beck; subsp. occidentalis (Greene) Ferris; var. sedi (Suksd.) Achey |
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