| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus sonorae A.Gray trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6)): 44 (1853) |
| Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves subsessile, leaflets numerous, dense, linear, oblong, 1cm, grey pilose, flowers numerous in capitate raceme, calyx glabrescent |
| Size | 3-8cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus humistratus var. sonorae (A.Gray) M.E.Jones Batidophaca sonorae (A.Gray) Rydb. Batidophaca stipulacea Rydb. Tragacantha sonorae (A.Gray) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |