| Taxon | Lupinus nanus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | lupine; lupin; sun-dial plant; sun dial plant; sundial plant; sun-dial; sun dial; sundial; old-maid's-sunbonnets |
| Species common name(s) | valley sky lupine; annual sky lupine; dwarf sky lupine; Douglas's sky lupine; Douglas' sky lupine; Douglas sky lupine; Douglas's annual lupine; Douglas's annual lupin; Douglas' annual lupine; Douglas' annual lupin; Douglas annual lupine; Douglas annual lupin; Douglas's lupine; Douglas' lupine; Douglas lupine |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Menker's lupine [subsp. menkerae]; Menker lupine [subsp. menkerae] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | sky lupine, sky lupin, field lupine, annual lupine, dwarf lupine, dwarf blue lupine, blue-and-white lupine, blue and white lupine, blue & white lupine, valley lupine are applied to multiple Lupinus taxa; monkey faces, monkey-faces, blue bean are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | Douglas is a proper name, so upper case preferable; Dougla's is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. latifolius (Benth. ex Torr.) D.B. Dunn; subsp. menkerae (C.P. Sm.) D.B. Dunn |
