| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus desperatus M.E.Jones trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Zoe 2: 243 (1891) |
| Native Range | Colorado to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | cinereous, leaves 1-9cm long, leaflets 5-15 pairs, oblanceolate, 3-12mm long, raceme 3-16-flowered, pod falciform, hirsute, 6-17mm long |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pinkish purple |
| Bloom | late spring |
| 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 desperatus var. typicus Barneby Batidophaca desperata (M.E.Jones) Rydb. Tium desperatum (M.E.Jones) Rydb. |
| 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) |