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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 | Lotus corniculatus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | lotus; bird's-foot-trefoil; bird's-foot trefoil; bird's foot trefoil; birds-foot trefoil; birdsfoot-trefoil; birdsfoot trefoil; birdfoot trefoil; birdfoot-trefoil; deerweed; deer-weed; deer weed |
| Species common name(s) | common lotus; common bird's-foot-trefoil; common bird's-foot trefoil; common bird's foot trefoil; common birds-foot-trefoil; common birds-foot trefoil; common birdsfoot trefoil; common birdfoot trefoil; garden bird's-foot-trefoil; garden bird's-foot trefoil; garden bird's foot trefoil; orange birdsfoot trefoil; broad-leaved birdsfoot trefoil; broad-leafed birdsfoot trefoil; broad-leaf birdsfoot trefoil; broad-leaf birds foot trefoil; broadleaf birdsfoot trefoil; bird's-foot deervetch; bird's foot deervetch; bird's-foot deer-vetch; bird-foot deervetch; birdfoot deervetch; bird-foot deer-vetch; bird foot deer vetch; corniculated lotus; double corniculated lotus; corniculate lotus; horned lotus; horned trefoil; bloomfell; bloom-fell; bloom fell; cat's clover; cat's-clover; cat-clover; cat-in-clover; cross-toes; cross toes; crosstoes; hop o' my thumb; ground honeysuckle; lady's-finger-grass; lady's-finger grass; lady-finger-grass; lady-finger grass; lady's boots; lady's-shoes-and-stockings; lady's shoes and stockings; babies' slippers; granny's toenails; sheep-foot; sheepfoot |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | perennial lotus is applied to multiple Lotus s.l. taxa; bird's-foot clover, bird's foot clover, trefoil, ladyfinger-grass, deer-vetch, deer vetch, deervetch, bastard indigo are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa; eggs-and-bacon, eggs and bacon, bacon-and-eggs, bacon and eggs, butter-and-eggs, butter and eggs, butter 'n' eggs, butter & eggs, butter&eggs, bird's-eye, bird's eye, crow-toes, crow toes, crowtoes, craw's taes, Jack-jump-about, devil's-fingers, devil's fingers, lady's-fingers, ladies-fingers, lady's-finger, lady's finger, lady fingers, ladyfingers, lady's-glove, lady's glove, lady glove, lady's-gloves, ladies' gloves, shoes-and-stockings, shoes and stockings are applied to taxa in multiple families |
