| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus cottamii S.L.Welsh trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Rhodora 72: 189 (1970) |
| Native Range | Utah to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves 2-8cm, petiolate, leaflets elliptic to oblanceolate, 2-9mm, strigose, complicate, racemes shortly pedunculate, 3-9-flowered, corolla 11-17mm, pod curvate |
| Size | 2-8cm |
| Color | purple pink |
| Bloom | early 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 monumenatalis var. cottamii (S.L.Welsh) Isely |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |