| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus eucosmus B.L.Rob. sect. Malacothrix |
| Bibliography | Rhodora 10: 33 (1908) |
| Native Range | e. Siberia to Russian Far East, Alaska to nw. & ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | appressed pubescent, leaflets 20-27 pairs, approximate, linear or elliptic-oblong, acute, adaxially glabrous, flowers in dense raceme, corolla 20-25mm long |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | purplish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus elegans (Hook.) E.Sheld. Astragalus eucosmus f. albinus Fernald Astragalus eucosmus f. caespitosus J.Rousseau Astragalus eucosmus f. facinorum (Fernald) B.Boivin Astragalus eucosmus var. facinorum Fernald Astragalus eucosmus f. leucocarpus Lepage Astragalus eucosmus ssp. sealei (Lepage) Hultén Astragalus eucosmus var. terrae-novae J.Rousseau Astragalus eucosmus f. villosus J.Rousseau Astragalus oroboides var. americanus A.Gray Astragalus sealei Lepage Atelophragma atratum Rydb. Atelophragma elegans (Hook.) Rydb. Phaca elegans Hook. Phaca oroboides f. americana (A.Gray) Gand. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine) |