Lotus wrightii
| Lotus wrightii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Lotus |
| Species: | L. wrightii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lotus wrightii (A.Gray) Greene | |
Lotus wrightii (common name Wright's deervetch) is a plant.
It has yellow flowers on many stems, arising from a single root crown. It was named after Charles Wright.[1]
The Zuni people apply a poultice of the chewed root to swellings that they believe are caused by being witched by a bullsnake.[2]
The plant is found in the Southwestern United States. It is prevalent in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah.[3] It is also found in Nevada.[1]
References
- 1 2 Edmund C. JaegerDesert 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.
- ↑ "Lotus wrightii (A. Gray) Greene". United States Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
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