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 brachycarpus |
| 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) | short-podded lotus; short podded lotus; short-podded hosackia; short-podded trefoil; short-pod lotus; short-pod deervetch; shortpod deervetch; short-pod trefoil; foothill lotus; foothill deer-vetch; foothill deer vetch; foothill deervetch; foothill bird's-foot-trefoil; foothill bird's-foot trefoil; foothill bird's foot trefoil; foothill trefoil; foot-hill trefoil; low trefoil; colchita lotus; colchita deer-vetch; colchita deer vetch; colchita |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | hill lotus, woolly trefoil, wooly trefoil, hairy lotus, hairy deer vetch, maresfat are applied to multiple Lotus s.l. taxa; trefoil, deer-vetch, deer vetch, deervetch are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Lotus humistratus Greene; Hosackia brachycarpa Benth. |
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