| Taxon | Acmispon argophyllus var. niveus |
| 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) | silver-leaved lotus; silver-leaved hosackia; silver-leaved trefoil; silver-leafed hosackia; silver-leaf lotus; silver leaf lotus; silverleaf lotus; silver-leaf trefoil; silverleaf trefoil; silver lotus; silver-lotus; silverlotus; silver hosackia; silverhosackia; silver deervetch; silver deerweed; silver bird's-foot-trefoil; silver bird's-foot trefoil; silver bird's foot trefoil; silver birds-foot trefoil; silver birds foot trefoil; silver birdsfoot trefoil; silver birdfoot trefoil; California 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 argophyllus (A. Gray) Greene var. niveus (Greene) Ottley; Lotus argophyllus (A. Gray) Greene subsp. niveus (Greene) Munz; Lotus niveus (Greene) Greene |
