| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus missouriensis Nutt. trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 99 (1818) |
| Native Range | w. & c. Canada to wc. & c. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | appressed silvery hirsute, leaves 4-10cm, leaflets elliptic, 7-15mm, raceme compact, 3-9-flowered, flowers 15-25mm long, pod coriaceous, ventricose, shortly spinescent |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pinkish 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 melanocarpus Hook. Astragalus missouriensis f. leucophaeus Gand. Astragalus missouriensis f. longipes Gand. Astragalus missouriensis f. microphyllus Gand. Astragalus missouriensis var. typicus Barneby Tragacantha missouriensis (Nutt.) Kuntze Xylophacos missouriensis (Nutt.) Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |