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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).





TaxonSpergularia canadensis var. occidentalis
groupEudicots
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
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)Canadian sand-spurrey; Canadian sand spurrey; Canadian sandspurrey; Canadian sand-spurry; Canadian sand spurry; Canadian sandspurry; Canada sand-spurrey; Canada sand-spurry; Canada sand spurry; Canada sandspurry; northern sand-spurrey; northern sandspurrey; northern sand spurrey; northern sand-spurry; northern sandspurry; northern sand spurry; winged sandspurry
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxalesser sand-spurrey is applied to multiple Spergularia taxa; chickweed, chick-weed, chick weed are applied taxa in multiple families; salt-marsh sand-spurrey, salt marsh sand-spurrey are more commonly applied to Spergularia salina
 
NotesCanadian, Canada are proper names, so upper case preferable
 
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