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 | Salsola tragus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Chenopodiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | chenopod; chenopode; goosefoot; pigweed; pigweeds |
| Genus common name(s) | salsola; Russian-thistle; Russian-thistle; Russianthistle; Russian thistle tumbleweed; Russian tumbleweed; tumbling Russian thistle; Russian-cactus; Russian cactus |
| Species common name(s) | common Russian-thistle tumbleweed; common Russian thistle tumbleweed; Russian tumbleweed; Russian tumble-weed; Russian tumble weed; Ukraine-salzkraut; Ukraine salzkraut; wind witch; wind-witch; windwitch |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common Russian-thistle, common Russian thistle, common Russianthistle, invasive Russian-thistle, invasive Russian thistle, Russian thistle tumbleweed, barbwire Russian-thistle, barb-wire Russian thistle, barbwire Russian thistle, prickly saltwort, prickly-saltwort, prickly Russian-thistle, prickly Russian thistle are applied to multiple Salsola taxa; prickly tumbleweed, tumbleweed, tumble-weed, tumble weed, tumbling-weed, tumbling weed, saltwort, salt-wort, salt wort are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Russian is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Amaranthaceae; Salsola iberica (Sennen & Pau) Botsch.; Salsola kali L. var. tenuifolia Tausch; Salsola pestifer A. Nelson |
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