| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis besseyi (Rydb.) Blank. trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Sci. Stud. Montana Coll. Agric., Bot. 1: 80 (1905) |
| Native Range | c. Canada to wc.USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaflets 11-25, oblong-lanceolate, 1-2cm long, acute, sericeous, flowers in compact spike, calyx sericeous lanate, lobes subulate, corolla 2cm, pod ovate-oblong, lanate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aragallus besseyi Rydb. Oxytropis nana var. besseyi (Rydb.) Isely |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |