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 densiflora subsp. densiflora |
| 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) | dense-flowered owl's-clover; dense-flowered owl's clover; dense-flowered paintbrush; dense-flower owl's-clover; dense-flower owl's clover; dense flower owl's clover; denseflower owl's-clover; denseflower owl's clover; dense-flower paintbrush; denseflower paintbrush; denseflower paintbrush; dense owls'-clover; dense owls' clover; dense owls-clover; dense owls clover |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | purple owl's-clover, purple owl's clover, purple owls-clover, purple owls clover are more commonly applied to Castilleja exserta (Orthocarpus purpurascens); common owl's-clover, common owl's clover, common owls-clover, common owls clover, coastal owl's clover, coastal owl's-clover, 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, dense-flowered Indian paintbrush, denseflower Indian paintbrush; not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-feather, squaw feather, squawfeather |
| Notes | when Sierra is used as a proper name, upper case preferable; owl-clower, owl clower are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; var. densiflorus; Orthocarpus densiflorus Benth. |
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