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Anthyllis vulneraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Rosopsida
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Anthyllis
Species:	A. vulneraria
Binomial name
Anthyllis vulneraria L.

Anthyllis vulneraria ^[1] ('Common kidneyvetch, Kidney vetch) is a medicinal plant^[2] native to Europe. Also known as woundwort; vulneraria means "wound healer".

Uses

Medicinal uses

Anthyllis is little known today but was traditionally used to relieve spasms, detoxify, reduce swelling, and promote wound healing.

Elisabeth Sigmund rediscovered anthyllis, finding it normalized both oily and dry conditions as well as severely irritated skin. Anthyllis has a generally stimulating and normalizing effect on the skin.

Food for insects

Kidney vetch is the foodplant of the small blue butterfly larvae.

References

From Wikispecies

Anthyllis vulneraria

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales
Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Loteae
Genus: Anthyllis
Species: Anthyllis vulneraria
Subspecies: A. v. subsp. carpatica - A. v. subsp. maritima - A. v. subsp. polyphylla - A. v. subsp. vulneraria

Name

Anthyllis vulneraria L.

References

• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov).

Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

• Species Plantarum 2:719. 1753
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

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