| Ottleya wrightii | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Ottleya |
| Species: | O. wrightii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ottleya wrightii | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Ottleya wrightii, synonym Lotus wrightii, is a species of legume native to the southwestern United States ( Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah). [1] [2] It is also said to occur in Nevada. [3] It is known as Wright's deervetch.
It has yellow flowers on many stems, arising from a single root crown. It was named after Charles Wright. [3]
The Zuni people apply a poultice of the chewed root to swellings that they believe are caused by being witched by a bullsnake. [4]
References
- ^ a b c "Ottleya wrightii (A.Gray) D.D.Sokoloff". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Lotus wrightii (A. Gray) Greene". United States Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ a b Edmund C. Jaeger Desert Wild Flowers, p. 102, at Google Books
- ^ Camazine, Scott & Robert A. Bye (1980). "A study of the medical ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2 (4): 365–388. doi: 10.1016/S0378-8741(80)81017-8. PMID 6893476.
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| Ottleya wrightii | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Ottleya |
| Species: | O. wrightii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Ottleya wrightii | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
| |
Ottleya wrightii, synonym Lotus wrightii, is a species of legume native to the southwestern United States ( Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah). [1] [2] It is also said to occur in Nevada. [3] It is known as Wright's deervetch.
It has yellow flowers on many stems, arising from a single root crown. It was named after Charles Wright. [3]
The Zuni people apply a poultice of the chewed root to swellings that they believe are caused by being witched by a bullsnake. [4]
References
- ^ a b c "Ottleya wrightii (A.Gray) D.D.Sokoloff". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Lotus wrightii (A. Gray) Greene". United States Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ a b Edmund C. Jaeger Desert Wild Flowers, p. 102, at Google Books
- ^ Camazine, Scott & Robert A. Bye (1980). "A study of the medical ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2 (4): 365–388. doi: 10.1016/S0378-8741(80)81017-8. PMID 6893476.
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