| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis varians (Britton & Rydb.) Hultén sect. Orobia |
| Bibliography | Fl. Alaska Yukon: 1107 (1947) |
| Native Range | Alaska to w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | caespitose, acaulescent, leaves 10-20cm, leaflets 30 or more, subverticillate, linear-oblong, sericeous-lanate, obtuse, 1-2cm, spike 4-5cm, dense, corolla ca. 1cm |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aragallus varians Britton & Rydb. Oxytropis alaskana A.Nelson Oxytropis campestris var. varians (Britton & Rydb.) Barneby Oxytropis campestris ssp. varians (Britton & Rydb.) Cody Oxytropis hyperborea A.E.Porsild Oxytropis tananensis Jurtzev |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |