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 bracteosa var. flavida |
| 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) | bracteate pedicularis; bracteate lousewort; bracted pedicularis; bracted lousewort; bracted fern-leaf lousewort; bracted fernleaf lousewort; bracted fernleaf; Canadian bracted lousewort; bracted western lousewort; western lousewort |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Cascade lousewort, towering lousewort, fern-leaf lousewort, fern leaf lousewort, fernleaf lousewort, fernleaf pedicularis are applied to multiple Pedicularis taxa; Canadian lousewort is more commonly applied to Pedicularis canadensis; elephant's-head, elephant's head, elephant-head, elephants' heads, elephant-heads, elephant heads are more commonly applied to Pedicularis groenlandica; 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 |
| Notes | Canadian is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Pedicularis flavida Pennell |
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