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 nanus |
| 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) | dwarf purple monkeyflower; dwarf purple monkey-flower; dwarf purple monkey flower; dwarf monkeyflower; dwarf monkey-flower; dwarf monkey flower |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | purple monkeyflower, purple monkey-flower, purple monkey flower, annual monkeyflower, annual monkey-flower, annual monkey flower, pygmy monkeyflower, pygmy monkey-flower, pygmy monkey flower are applied to multiple Mimulus s.l. taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Mimulus nanus Hook. & Arn. var. nanus |
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