| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis podocarpa A.Gray trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 234 (1864) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 15-2700m |
| Description | silvery hirsute, leaves 2-5cm, pinnate, leaflets 9-27 pairs, linear, 5-10mm, flowers 1-2, 12-17mm, at level of leaves, corolla suberect, 12-17mm long, pod ventricose, papery |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 hallii (Bunge) Rydb. Aragallus inflatus (Hook.) A.Nelson Aragallus podocarpus (A.Gray) A.Nelson Astragalus septentrionalis Tidestr. Oxytropis arctica var. inflata Hook. Oxytropis hallii Bunge Oxytropis inflata (Hook.) Steffen Oxytropis multiceps A.Gray ex Bunge Oxytropis podocarpa var. inflata (Hook.) B.Boivin Spiesia hallii (Bunge) Kuntze Spiesia inflata (Hook.) Britton Spiesia podocarpa (A.Gray) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |