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 | Ambrosia acanthicarpa |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | ambrosia; ragweed; rag-weed; rag weed; bur-sage; bur sage; bursage; burr-sage; burr sage; burr-ragweed; burr ragweed; bur-ragweed; bur ragweed; burro brush; burro-brush; burrobrush |
| Species common name(s) | annual bur-sage; annual bur sage; annual bursage; annual bur-ragweed; annual bur ragweed; annual burweed; annual bur weed; annual burrweed; flat-spine burr-ragweed; flat-spine burr ragweed; flat spine burr ragweed; flatspine burr ragweed; flat spine bur-ragweed; flat-spine bur ragweed; flat spine bur-ragweed; flatspine ragweed; false ragweed; bursage ragweed; sand bursage; franseria povertyweed; franseria ragweed; Hooker's gaertneria |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Roman wormwood are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; common sandaster, common sand-aster, common sand aster are more commonly applied to Corethrogyne filaginifolia; bur-ragweed, bur ragweed, burr ragweed are applied to multiple Ambrosia taxa; bitterweed, bitter weed, bitter-weed, hog weed, hog-weed, hogweed, sand burr, sand-burr, sandburr, sand-bur, sand bur, sandbur, burrweed, burr-weed, burweed, bur-weed, rosetilla are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Hooker is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Hookers is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Franseria acanthicarpa (Hook.) Coville; Franseria hookeriana Nutt., nom. illeg. |
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