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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 | Spergularia rubra |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae |
| Family common name(s) | pink; pinks; chickweed |
| Genus common name(s) | sand-spurrey; sand spurrey; sandspurrey; sand-spurry; sand spurry; sandspurry; spurrey sandwort; bed-sandwort; bedsandwort; three-valved sandwort; three-valve sandwort |
| Species common name(s) | red sand-spurrey; red sand spurrey; red sandspurrey; red sand-spurry; red sand spurry; red sandspurry; ruby sand-spurrey; ruby sand spurrey; ruby sandspurrey; ruby sand-spurry; ruby sand-spurry; ruby sand spurry; ruby sandspurry; common pink spurrey; purple sandwort; common sand-spurrey; common sand spurrey; common sand-spurry; common sandspurry |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | greater seaspurrey, purple sand-spurrey, purple sand spurrey, purple sand-spurry, purple sand spurry are applied to multiple Spergularia taxa; red sandwort is applied to multiple Caryophyllaceae taxa; chickweed, chick-weed, chick weed are applied taxa in multiple families; salt-marsh sand-spurrey, salt marsh sand-spurrey, salt marsh sand spurry are more commonly applied to Spergularia salina |
