| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus striatus Nutt. sect. Onobrychoidei |
| Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. [J.Torrey & A.Gray) 1: 330 (1838) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | taproot, leaves 4-15cm, pinnate, leaflets 9-23, narrowly oblong to elliptic, appresed hirsute, flowers in compact capitate raceme, numerous, corolla 12-18mm |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | white, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus adsurgens var. albifolius Blank. Astragalus adsurgens f. chadonnetii (Lundell) B.Boivin Astragalus adsurgens var. pauperculus Blank. Astragalus adsurgens ssp. robustior (Hook.) S.L.Welsh Astragalus adsurgens var. robustior Hook. Astragalus chandonnetii Lundell Astragalus crandallii Gand. Astragalus laxmannii Nutt. Astragalus laxmannii ssp. robustior (Hook.) Podlech Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior (Hook.) Barneby & S.L.Welsh Astragalus nitidus var. robustior (Hook.) M.E.Jones Astragalus sulphurescens Rydb. Astragalus sulphurescens var. pinicola E.H.Kelso |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (YUK Yukon) 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. (IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |