| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus preussii A.Gray |
| Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 222 (1865) |
| Native Range | Colorado to se. California and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 700-800m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves 4-18cm, leaflets 7-25, remote, linear to suborbiculate, flowers 4-22, pod erect, 1-4cm, ventricose, ellipsoid, glabrous, unilocular |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pink-purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus arctus (E.Sheld.) Tidestr. Astragalus preussii var. arctus E.Sheld. Jonesiella arcta (E.Sheld.) Rydb. Phaca davidsonii Rydb. Phaca preussii (A.Gray) Rydb. Rydbergiella arcta (E.Sheld.) Rydb. Rydbergiella preussii (A.Gray) Rydb. Tragacantha preussii (A.Gray) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |