| English | carelessweed | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | edlebur | | | 1 | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia |
| English | needlebur | | | 1 | Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource). |
| English | prickly amaranth | | | 1 | Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource). |
| English | prickly calalu | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | Prince-of-Wales-feather | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | spiny amaranth | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | spiny pigweed | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | thorny amaranth | | | 1 | FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. |
| English | thorny pigweed | | | 1 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Chinese | ci xian | 刺苋 | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
| French | épinard cochon | | | 2 | Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names |
| French | épinard malabre | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | dorniger Fuchsschwanz | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | Malabarspinat | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| India (Hindi) | kanta chaulai | | | 2 | Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource). |
| India (Marathi) | kante math | | | 2 | Girija, T. & Tabish. Flowers of India (on-line resource). |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bredo-bravo | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bredo-de-espinho | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | carurú-bravo | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | carurú-de-espinho | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Spanish | bledo espinoso | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | espinaca de Malabar | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish (Mexico) | quintonil | | | 2 | Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115. |
| Swedish | taggamarant | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |