| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus chuskanus Barneby & Spellenb. |
| Bibliography | Brittonia 39: 188 (1987) |
| Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1600-1900m |
| Description | densely finely hirsute, leaves silvery grey, 1-4cm, leaflets 9-15, obovate to oblong-elliptic, 2-9mm, raceme 4-10-flowered, pod sessile, ascendent, ovoid, shortly pilose, 6mm |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | whitish |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |