| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis lagopus Nutt. trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 17 (1834) |
| Native Range | nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | sericeous, leaves 3-9cm, pinnate, leaflets lanceolate to elliptic, 7-15mm, raceme spicate, 5-20-flowered, closely above leaves, flowers 15-20mm long, pod long hirsute |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | pink, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aragallus blankinshipii A.Nelson Aragallus lagopus (Nutt.) Greene Astragalus blankinshipii (A.Nelson) Tidestr. Astragalus lagopus (Nutt.) Tidestr. Oxytropis blankinshipii (A.Nelson) K.Schum. Spiesia lagopus (Nutt.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |