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 applegatei subsp. pinetorum |
| 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) | 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) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | pine paintbrush is most appropriately applied to subsp. pinetorum (Castilleja pinetorum); desert paintbrush is 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), rejected | not recommended: Indian paintbrush, Indian-paintbrush, Indian paint-brush, Indian paint brush, Indianpaintbrush, wavy-leaved Indian paintbrush, wavy-leaved Indian paint-brush, wavyleaf Indian paintbrush, wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush, pine Indian paintbrush, desert Indian paintbrush, red Indians; not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squaw-feather, squaw feather, squawfeather |
| Notes | Applegate is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Applegates is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Castilleja pinetorum Fernald |
|
