| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus lotiflorus Hook. trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 152 (1831) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to nw. & c. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | appressed silvery hirsute, leaves 5-10cm, leaflets oblong-elliptic, 1-2cm long, raceme 2-12-flowered, flowers 7-10mm long, pod coriaceous, setose, lanate, 15-25mm |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellowish |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus ammolotus Greene Astragalus batesii A.Nelson Astragalus elatiocarpus E.Sheld. Astragalus lotiflorus f. brachypus A.Gray Astragalus lotiflorus var. cretaceus (Buckley) F.C.Gates Astragalus lotiflorus var. elatiocarpus (E.Sheld.) Rydb. Astragalus lotiflorus var. nebraskensis Bates Astragalus lotiflorus f. pedunculosus A.Gray Astragalus lotiflorus var. reverchonii (A.Gray) M.E.Jones Astragalus nebraskensis (Bates) Bates Astragalus reverchonii A.Gray Batidophaca cretacea (Buckley) Rydb. Batidophaca lotiflora (Hook.) Rydb. Batidophaca nebraskensis (Bates) Rydb. Cystophora elatiocarpa (E.Sheld.) Lunell Cystophora lotiflora (Hook.) Lunell Phaca cretacea Buckley Phaca elatiocarpa (E.Sheld.) Rydb. Phaca lotiflora (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray Phaca reverchonii (A.Gray) Rydb. Tragacantha lotiflora (Hook.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |