Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook.) Benth. var. unifoliolatus

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Acmispon americanum (Nutt.) Rydb., Hosackia americana (Nutt.) Piper., Hosackia purshiana Benth., Lotus americana (Nutt.) Bisch. , Lotus americanus (Nutt.) Bisch., non Vell., Lotus purshianus (Benh.) Clem. & Clem., Lotus purshianus F.E. & E.G. Clem., Lotus purshianus F.E. & E.G. Clem. var. glaber (Nutt.) Munz, Lotus sericeus Pursh, non Moench, Trigonella americana Nutt.

Common names:

American bird's-foot trefoil (Present) (50)

Big lotus (1894, Neb) (114)

Bird's-foot trefoil (1923) (156)

Dakota vetch (1899, SD) (131)

Deer-vetch [Deer vetch, Deervetch] (1926-1986) (4, 98)

Prairie bird's foot (1907, IA) (72)

Prairie bird's-foot trefoil [Prairie bird's foot trefoil] (1899-1937) (5, 93, 97, 121, 131, 156)

Prairie trefoil (1926-1986) (4, 98)

Spanishclover deervetch (1942) (155)

Trefoil (1923) (156)

Wild vetch (1913-1936) (5, 93, 156)

Zitkala tawote (1918?-1970?, Lakota, small bird's food) (121)