Trifolium squamosum Linnaeus, Amoenitates Academicae 4: 105. 1759.

Lectotype (Lassen in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 482. 1997): [icon] " Trifolium stellatum glabrum" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 113, f. 4. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 376. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 83: 96 (BM-SL) . - Epitype (Lassen in Turland & Jarvis in Taxon 46: 482. 1997): United Kingdom. Avon, in pratis humidis juxta ripam fluvii prope Sea Mills non procul oppido Clifton in comitatu Gloucestrensi, 15 Jun 1883, Trifolium maritimum . James W. White s.n. (LD).

Current name: Trifolium squamosum L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).