Trifolium spadiceum Linnaeus, Flora Suecica, ed. 2: 261. 1755.

"Habitat in pratis montosis cum praecedente ad Gottsundam Upsaliae & alibi rarius." RCN: 5678.

Replaced synonym: Trifolium montanum L. (1753: 772, No. 37, non 1753: 770, No. 29).

Lectotype (Zohary & Heller, Genus Trifolium: 328. 1984): Herb. Linn. No. 930.60 (LINN) .

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

Note: Linnaeus erred in giving the same name to two different European species of Trifolium in Species Plantarum in 1753 (p. 770, No. 29 and p. 772, No. 37). Realising this, he renamed the latter T. spadiceum L. in 1755.