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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.

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 (A.Gray) D.D.Sokoloff[1]
Synonyms[1]
Acmispon wrightii (A.Gray) Brouillet Anisolotus wrightii (A.Gray) Rydb. Hosackia wrightii A.Gray Lotus wrightii (A.Gray) Greene

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]

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