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 heermannii var. orbicularis |
| 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) | Heermann's lotus; Heermann's hosackia; Heermann's bird's-foot-trefoil; Heermann's bird's-foot trefoil; Heermann's bird's foot trefoil; Heermann's bird'sfoot trefoil; Heermann's trefoil; Heermann lotus; Heermann hosackia; Heermann bird's-foot-trefoil; Heermann bird's-foot trefoil; Heermann bird's foot trefoil; Heermann bird'sfoot trefoil; Heermann trefoil; prostrate woolly lotus; prostrate wooly lotus; northern woolly lotus; silky lotus; mat lotus |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | sand-flat lotus, sand flat lotus, southern lotus, prostrate deerweed, woolly lotus, wooly lotus, woolly trefoil, wooly trefoil, hairy lotus are applied to multiple Lotus s.l. taxa; trefoil, deer-vetch, deer vetch, deervetch are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa |
| | | Notes | Heermann is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Heermanns is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Lotus heermannii (Durand & Hilg.) Greene var. orbicularis (A. Gray) Isely; Hosackia tomentosa Hook. & Arn. |
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