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 leptaleus |
| 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) | least-flowered monkeyflower; least-flowered monkey-flower; least-flowered monkey flower; least flowered monkey flower; least-flower monkeyflower; least-flower monkey-flower; least-flower monkey flower; least flower monkey flower |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | slender monkeyflower, slender monkey-flower, slender monkey flower, Sierra monkey-flower, Sierra monkey flower, annual monkeyflower, annual monkey-flower, annual monkey flower are applied to multiple Mimulus s.l. taxa; monkey faces, monkey-faces is applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Mimulus leptaleus A. Gray |
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