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 | Pedicularis contorta |
| 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) | pedicularis; lousewort; louse-wort; louse wort |
| Species common name(s) | contorted pedicularis; contorted lousewort; contorted louse-wort; contorted louse wort; curved-beak lousewort; curved beak lousewort; curve-beaked lousewort; curve beaked lousewort; curve-beak lousewort; coiled-beaked lousewort; coiled-beak pedicularis; coiled-beak lousewort; coiled beak lousewort; coiled-beaked lousewort; white coiled-beaked lousewort; white coiled-beak lousewort; white-coiled beak lousewort; coil-beaked lousewort; coil-beak lousewort; coiled pedicularis; coiled lousewort; Bentham's lousewort; alpine fernleaf |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | white lousewort, white louse wort, parrot's-beak, parrot's beak, parrots beak are applied to multiple Pedicularis taxa; wood-betony, wood betony, woodbetony, bumble-bee plant, bumble bee plant, bumblebee plant, fernleaf are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian-warrior, Indian warrior, Indianwarrior |
| Notes | Bentham is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Benthams is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l. |
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