Astragalus amphioxys
Astragalus amphioxys, common name crescent milkvetch, is a plant found in the American southwest.[1]
| Crescent milkvetch | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Astragalus |
| Species: | A. amphioxys |
| Binomial name | |
| Astragalus amphioxys | |
Uses
The Zuni use the plant medicinally. The fresh or dried root is chewed by a medicine man before sucking snakebite and poultice applied to wound.[2]
References
- https://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Pink%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/astragalus%20amphioxys.htm
- Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 p. 376
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