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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 | Sonchus asper subsp. asper |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | sow-thistle; sow thistle; sowthistle |
| Species common name(s) | spiny-leaved sow-thistle; spiny-leaved sow thistle; spiny-leaved sowthistle; spiny leaved sow thistle; spinyleaved sow thistle; spiny-leaf sow-thistle; spiny leaf sow-thistle; spiny-leaf sowthistle; spinyleaf sowthistle; spinyleaf sow-thistle; spinyleaf sow thistle; spiney-leaved sow thistle; spiney-leaf sow thistle; spiny sow-thistle; spiny sow thistle; spiny sowthistle; prickly-leaved sow thistle; prickly sow-thistle; prickly sow thistle; prickly sowthistle; sharp-fringed sow-thistle; sharp-fringed sow thistle; sharp-fringe sow-thistle; rough sow-thistle; rough sow thistle; rough sowthistle |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | annual sowthistle, annual sow-thistle, annual sow thistle, noxious sow-thistle, noxious sow thistle, hare's lettuce; hare's-lettuce, hare's thistle, hare's-thistle, hare’s colewort, hare's-colewort, hare’s palace, hare's-palace, laiteron are applied to multiple Sonchus taxa; milk thistle, milk-thistle, milkthistle are more commonly applied to Silybum; canchalagua, cancha lagua, chanchalagua are applied to taxa in multiple families |
