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 | Acmispon strigosus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | acmispon |
| Species common name(s) | strigose lotus; strigose hosackia; strigose calf lotus; strigose deervetch; strigose deerweed; strigose bird's-foot-trefoil; strigose bird's-foot trefoil; strigose bird's foot trefoil; strigose birdsfoot trefoil; strigose birdfoot trefoil; strigose trefoil; stiff-haired lotus; stiff haired lotus; stiff-hair lotus; stiff hair lotus; bishop's lotus; bishop lotus; sand lotus; annual sand-flat lotus; desert birdfoot trefoil; Greene's desert deervetch |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | annual lotus, hairy lotus, hairy deer vetch, desert lotus, desert hosackia, desert bird's-foot-trefoil, desert bird's-foot trefoil, desert deervetch, California deerweed, sand-flat lotus are applied to multiple Lotus s.l. taxa; trefoil, deer-vetch, deer vetch, deervetch are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Greene is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Green is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Lotus strigosus (Nutt.) Greene; Hosackia strigosa Nutt. |
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