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 | Pedicularis crenulata |
| 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) | pedicularis; lousewort; louse-wort; louse wort |
| Species common name(s) | crenate-leaved lousewort; scalloped-leaved lousewort; scalloped leaved lousewort; scallop-leaved lousewort; scallop-leaf lousewort; meadow pedicularis; meadow lousewort |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | purple lousewort is applied to multiple Pedicularis taxa; wood-betony, wood betony, woodbetony, bumble bee plant, bumble-bee plant, bumblebee plant, fernleaf are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian-warrior, Indian warrior, Indianwarrior |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; f. candida J.F. Macbr. |
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