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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).





TaxonAcmispon procumbens var. jepsonii
groupEudicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family common name(s)legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses
Genus common name(s)acmispon
Species common name(s)silky bird's-foot-trefoil; silky bird's-foot trefoil; silky bird's foot trefoil; silky deerweed; silky California broom; silky California trefoil; hoar lotus; pale-leaved deer-weed; pale leaved deer-weed
 
 
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxahairy lotus is applied to multiple Lotus s.l. taxa; trefoil, deer-vetch, deer vetch, deervetch are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa
 
NotesJepson is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Jepsons is an error
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcLotus procumbens (Greene) Greene var. jepsonii (Ottley) Ottley; Hosackia sericea Benth. subsp. jepsonii (Ottley) Abrams
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