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 | Xanthium spinosum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | true cocklebur; cucklebur; cuckle bur; clotweed; clot-weed; clot weed; clote-bur |
| Species common name(s) | spiny cocklebur; spiny cockle-bur; spiny cockle bur; spiny cockleburr; spiny cockle-burr; spiny cockle burr; spiny clotbur; spiny clotburr; spiny clot-bur; spiny clot burr; spiny clotweed; spiny burweed; spiny bur-weed; prickly cocklebur; prickly cockleburr; prickly clotbur; prickly clott-bur; prickly burweed; prickly bur-weed; thorny cocklebur; thorny cockle-bur; thorny cockle bur; thorny clotbur; thorny clot-bur; thorny burweed; spring clotbur; Bathurst burr; Bathurst bur; Bathurst-bur; bastard burr; dagger cocklebur; dagger cockle-bur; dagger cockle bur; dagger cockleburr; Chinese thistle |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | ditch burr, ditch bur are applied to multiple Xanthium taxa; clotbur, clot-bur, clot bur, clot-burr, clot burr, clott-bur, clottbur, clott bur, burr thistle, burr-thistle, bur thistle, bur-thistle are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; burdock is more commonly applied to Arctium; daggerweed, dagger-weed, dagger weed, porcupine-eggs, porcupine eggs, cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockle bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr; cockle burr, burrweed, burr-weed, burweed, bur-weed, Spanish-thistle, Spanish thistle are applied to taxa in multiple families; |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Acanthoxanthium spinosum (L.) Fourr. |
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