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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 | Cenchrus longispinus |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | cenchrus; sand spur; sandbur grass; sandbur-grass; sand-bur grass; sand bur grass; sandburgrass; sand-burr grass; sand burr grass; sandburr-grass; sandburr grass; grass-bur; grass bur; grassbur; grass-burr; grass burr; grassburr |
| Species common name(s) | long-spined sandbur; long-spined sand-bur; long-spined sand bur; mat sandbur-grass; mat sandbur grass; mat sandburr-grass; mat sandburr grass; mat grassbur |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | long-spine sandbur, longspine sandbur, field sandbur, field sandspur, mat sandbur, spiny burr-grass, spiny burr grass, spiny burrgrass, spiny sandbur, innocent weed, innocent-weed, innocent weed grass are applied to multiple Cenchrus taxa; bur-grass, bur grass, burgrass, burr-grass, burr grass, burrgrass, small bur grass, small burr grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; sand burr, sand-burr, sandburr, sand bur, sand-bur, sandbur, sandspur applied to taxa in multiple families |
