Ornithopus pusillus Linnaeus, Flora Anglica: 21. 1754, orth. var.

["Habitat in Angliae, Belgii, Galliae, Hispaniae arenosis."] Sp. Pl. 2: 743 (1753).

Lectotype (Chamberlain in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 71. 1993): Herb. Burser XIX: 130 (UPS) .

Current name: Ornithopus perpusillus L. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Evidently an orthographic variant of Ornithopus perpusillus L. (1753), and treated as such by Stearn (Introd. Ray’s Syn. Meth. Stirp. Brit. (Ray Soc. ed.): 68. 1973).