| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus aretioides (M.E.Jones) Barneby |
| Bibliography | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 505 (1956) |
| Native Range | nw. USA to Utah |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1200-1800m |
| Description | sericeous, leaves 6-15mm, palmately ternate, leaflets narrowly oblanceolate, 3-6mm long, flowers amongst leaves, pod ovoid-elliptic, 4-5mm long, sericeous |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus sericoleucus var. aretioides M.E.Jones Orophaca aretioides (M.E.Jones) Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |