| Taxon | Trifolium wormskioldii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | clover; true clover; claver; clower; true trefoil |
| Species common name(s) | Wormskjold's clover; Wormskjold's cow clover; Wormskiold's clover; Wormskjold clover; Wormskjold cow clover; Wormskiold clover; coast clover; salt-marsh clover; salt marsh clover; Sierra clover; spring-bank clover; spring bank clover |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | cow clover, cow's clover, cows clover, perennial cow clover, wild clover, seaside clover, springbank clover are applied to multiple Trifolium taxa; clammy clover is more commonly applied to Trifolium obtusiflorum; tomcat clover is more commonly applied to Trifolium willdenovii; trefoil, triphyllon are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa; marsh clover is applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | Wormskjold is a proper name, so upper case preferable; when Sierra is used as a proper name, upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. wormskioldii; Trifolium fimbriatum Lindl.; Trifolium spinulosum Douglas ex Hook. |
