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 | Parentucellia viscosa |
| 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) | parentucellia |
| Species common name(s) | sticky parentucellia; sticky bartsia; yellow parentucellia; yellow bartsia; yellow glandweed |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | glandweed, tarweed, tar-weed, tar weed, yellow weed, yellow-weed are applied to taxa in multiple families; eyebright is applied to multiple Scrophulariaceae s.l. taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l. |
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