| Taxon | Trifolium variegatum var. major |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | clover; true clover; claver; clower; true trefoil |
| Species common name(s) | variegated clover; variegate clover; white-tip varied-color clover; white-tip vari-color clover; white-tip varicolor clover; whitetip vari-color clover; white-tipped clover; whitetipped clover; white-tip clover; white tip clover; whitetip clover |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | white clover, perennial clover, few-flowered clover, few flowered clover are applied to multiple Trifolium taxa; tomcat clover is more commonly applied to Trifolium willdenovii; trefoil, triphyllon are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa |
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| Notes | Pacific Grove is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Trifolium variegatum Nutt. phase 2; var. melananthum (Hook. & Arn.) Greene; Trifolium appendiculatum Lojac. var. appendiculatum |
