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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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. 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.