| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus norvegicus Grauer sect. Oroboidei |
| Bibliography | Pl. Min. Cogn. Decuria: 13 (1784) |
| Native Range | Europe to Russian Far East and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Description | glabrous, leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong-ovate, flowers in compact, long pedunculate raceme, pod ovate, black hirsute |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | pale violet |
| Bloom | 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 alpinus var. arcticus Glehn Astragalus alpinus ssp. arcticus (Glehn) Lindm. Astragalus alpinus var. giganteus Pall. Astragalus arcticus Bunge Astragalus giganteus (Pall.) E.Sheld. Astragalus lapponicus Schischk. Astragalus leontinus Wahlenb. Astragalus oroboides Hornem. Astragalus oroboides var. pallidiflorus Stschegl. Astragalus subpolaris Boriss. & Schischk. Atelophragma oroboides (Hornem.) Rydb. Phaca oroboides (Hornem.) DC. Psychridium oroboides (Hornem.) Steven Tragacantha lapponica Kuntze Tragacantha oroboides (Hornem.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 37 Mongolia |