Astragalus amphioxys
| Crescent milkvetch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Astragalus |
| Species: | A. amphioxys
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| Binomial name | |
| Astragalus amphioxys | |
Astragalus amphioxys, common name crescent milkvetch, is a plant found in the American southwest.[1]
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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