| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus agrestis Douglas ex G.Don sect. Hypoglottidei |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 2: 258 (1832) |
| Native Range | Siberia to nw. Xinjiang, w. Canada to w. & c. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 400-3200m |
| Description | appressed pubescent, leaves 4-10cm, leaflets 11-19 pairs, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 1-2cm long, raceme capitate, 7-20-flowered, corolla erect, 17mm long, pod grey hirsute |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | purplish, bluish lilac |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus agrestis var. bracteatus (Osterh.) M.E.Jones Astragalus agrestis var. polyspermus (Torr. & A.Gray) M.E.Jones Astragalus agrestis f. virgultulus (E.Sheld.) Scoggan Astragalus danicus var. dasyglottis (Fisch. ex DC.) B.Boivin Astragalus danicus ssp. dasyglottis (Fisch. ex DC.) Vorosch. Astragalus danicus f. virgultulus (E.Sheld.) B.Boivin Astragalus dasyglottis Fisch. ex DC. Astragalus goniatus Nutt. Astragalus hypoglottis Hook. Astragalus hypoglottis var. bracteatus Osterh. Astragalus hypoglottis var. dasyglottis (Fisch. ex DC.) Ledeb. Astragalus hypoglottis var. polyspermus Torr. & A.Gray Astragalus hypoglottis var. robustus Hook. Astragalus hypoglottis var. tschujensis Krylov Astragalus tarletonis Rydb. Astragalus virgultulus E.Sheld. Phaca agrestis (Douglas ex G.Don) Piper Tragacantha dasyglottis (Ledeb.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |