| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis patens (Rydb.) A.Nelson trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Publ. Sci. Univ. Wyoming Bot. 1: 114 (1926) |
| Native Range | Subalpine |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves 5-10cm, 5-8-jugate, leaflets elliptic or oblong, acute, 1-2cm, appresed, silvery hirsute, raceme short, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla 15mm |
| Size | |
| Color | deep blue-purple |
| Bloom | 10-15cm |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aragallus bigelowii (A.Gray) Greene Aragallus knowltonii Greene Aragallus metcalfei Greene Aragallus patens Rydb. Astragalus lambertii var. bigelovii (A.Gray) Tidestr. Oxytropis bilocularis A.Nelson Oxytropis lambertii var. bigelovii A.Gray Oxytropis lambertii ssp. bigelovii (A.Gray) W.A.Weber |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |