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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 | Cirsium vulgare |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | cirsium; thistle; true thistle; plume thistle; plume-thistle |
| Species common name(s) | bull thistle; bull-thistle; bullthistle; common bull thistle; common bull-thistle; black thistle; black-thistle; bell thistle; bell-thistle; common plume thistle; common plume-thistle; common bur thistle; button thistle; bird thistle; bird-thistle; lance-leaved thistle; lance leaved thistle; lance-leaf thistle; lanceleaf thistle |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | field thistle, field-thistle, common field thistle, common thistle, common pasture thistle, pasture thistle, pasture-thistle, green thistle, roadside thistle, roadside-thistle, elk thistle are applied to multiple Cirsium taxa; bank thistle, bank-thistle, buck thistle, buck-thistle, boar thistle, boar-thistle, spear thistle, spear-thistle, spearthistle, burr thistle, burr-thistle, bur thistle, bur-thistle, horse thistle, horse-thistle, noxious thistle, wild artichoke are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; English thistle, fuller's thistle, blue thistle, blue-thistle, bluethistle are applied to taxa in multiple families; milk thistle is more commonly applied to Silybum marianum; Scotch thistle, Scottish thistle are more commonly applied to Onopordum acanthium |
