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 | Diplacus douglasii |
group | Eudicots |
Family | Phrymaceae |
Family common name(s) | lopseed; lop-seed; lopseeds; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
Genus common name(s) | diplacus |
Species common name(s) | Douglas's monkeyflower; Douglas's monkey-flower; Douglas's monkey flower; Douglas' monkeyflower; Douglas' monkey-flower; Douglas' monkey flower; Douglas monkeyflower; Douglas monkey-flower; Douglas monkey flower; chinless mimulus; chinless mim; chinless monkeyflower; chinless monkey-flower; chinless monkey flower; chinless mouse-ears; chinless mouse ears; purple mouse-ears; purple mouse ears; brownies mimulus |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | purple monkeyflower, purple monkey-flower, purple monkey flower, common monkeyflower, common monkey-flower, common monkey flower, annual monkeyflower, annual monkey-flower, annual monkey flower are applied to multiple Mimulus s.l. taxa; mouse-ears, mouse ears, brownies, monkey faces, monkey-faces are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Notes | Douglas is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Dougla's is an error |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Mimulus douglasii (Benth.) A. Gray; Eunanus douglasii Benth. in DC.; Mimulus cleistogamus J.T. Howell |
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