| Taxon | Lotus uliginosus |
| 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) | greater lotus; greater bird's-foot-trefoil; greater bird's-foot trefoil; greater bird's foot trefoil; greater birdsfoot trefoil; greater birdfoot trefoil; large bird's-foot-trefoil; large bird's-foot trefoil; large bird's foot trefoil; large birdsfoot trefoil; big birdsfoot trefoil; big trefoil; marsh bird's-foot-trefoil; marsh bird's-foot trefoil marsh; bird's foot trefoil; marsh birdsfoot trefoil |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | trefoil, deer-vetch, deer vetch, deervetch are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Lotus pedunculatus Cav. |
