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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).





TaxonCastilleja applegatei subsp. martinii
groupEudicots
FamilyOrobanchaceae
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)Applegate's paintbrush; Applegate's paint-brush; Applegate's paint brush; Applegate paintbrush; Applegate paint-brush; Applegate paint brush; wavy-leaved paintbrush; wavy leaved paintbrush; wavy-leaved paint-brush; wavy-leafed paintbrush; wavy-leaf paintbrush; wavy leaf paintbrush; wavyleaf paintbrush
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketsClokey's paintbrush [Castilleja clokeyi]; Clokey paintbrush [Castilleja clokeyi]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxadesert paintbrush, common paintbrush, common paint-brush, common paint brush are applied to multiple Castilleja taxa; paint-brush, prairie-fire, prairie fire, hierba del cancer, bloody noses are applied to taxa in multiple families
Common name(s), rejectednot recommended: Indian paintbrush, Indian-paintbrush, Indian paint-brush, Indian paint brush, Indianpaintbrush, Martin's Indian paintbrush, Martin's Indian-paintbrush, Martin's Indian paint-brush, Martin Indian paintbrush, wavy-leaved Indian paintbrush, wavy-leaved Indian paint-brush, wavyleaf Indian paintbrush, wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush, pine Indian paintbrush, round-lobed Indian paint-brush, desert Indian paintbrush, Heckard's Indian paintbrush, Heckard Indian paintbrush, red Indians; not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-feather, squaw feather, squawfeather
NotesMartin, Applegate, Clokey is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Martins, Applegates, Clokeys are errors
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcScrophulariaceae s.l.; Castilleja martinii Abrams including var. clokeyi (Pennell) N.H. Holmgren; Castilleja clokeyi Pennell; Castilleja roseana Eastw.
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