Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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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).

Taxon	Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus
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)	chaparral lotus; chaparral bird's-foot-trefoil; chaparral bird's-foot trefoil; chaparral bird's foot trefoil; chaparral birdsfoot trefoil; chaparral trefoil; large-flowered lotus; large-flowered hosackia; large-flowered trefoil; large-flowered trefoil; large flowered trefoil; large flowered trefoil; large-flower lotus; large flower lotus; largeflower lotus; grand-flowered lotus; grand lotus; large-leaved lotus; large leaved lotus


Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	harlequin lotus is applied to multiple Lotus s.l. taxa; trefoil, deer-vetch, deer vetch, deervetch are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa; Persian carpet is applied to taxa in multiple families


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	Lotus grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene var. grandiflorus; Hosackia grandiflora Benth.; Hosackia leucophaea (Greene) Abrams; Hosackia anthylloides (A. Gray) Millsp.