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 | Castilleja ambigua subsp. ambigua |
| 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) | paintbrush; paint brush; painter's-brush; painter's brush; painters'-brush; painters' brush; painters-brush; painters brush; painted-cup; painted cup; paintedcup; Native American paintbrush |
| Species common name(s) | Johnny-nip; Johnny nip; Johnnynip; johnny-nip; johnny nip; johnnynip; paintbrush owl's-clover; paintbrush owl's clover; paintbrush owl-clover; paint-brush owl-clover; paintbrush owlclover; paintbrush orthocarpus; paint-brush orthocarpus; ambiguous paintbrush; saltmarsh-owl's-clover; salt-marsh owl's-clover; salt-marsh owl's clover; salt marsh owl's-clover; salt marsh owl's clover; salt marsh Johnny-nip; estuarine paintbrush; variable owl's-clover; variable owl's -clover; paintbrush owl's-clover; paintbrush owl's clover; paintbrush owl-clover; paintbrush owl clover; paintbrush owlclover |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | owl's-clover, owl's clover, owls'-clover, owls' clover, owls-clover, owls clover, owlsclover, owl-clover, owl clover, owlclover are applied to multiple Orobanchaceae taxa; paint-brush, prairie-fire, prairie fire, hierba del cancer, bloody noses are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian paintbrush, Indian-paintbrush, Indian paint-brush, Indian paint brush, Indianpaintbrush, ambiguous Indian paintbrush; not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-feather, squaw feather, squawfeather |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; var. ambigua; Orthocarpus castillejoides Benth. |
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