| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis arctobia Bunge sect. Arctobia |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint. Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 22(1): 114 (1871) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | acaulescent, pulvinate, white lanate, leaves 2-4cm, 3-5-jugate, leaflets lanceolate, acute, 2-5mm, flowers solitary, terminal, ca. 15mm, pod grey hirsute |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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 | Astragalus nigrescens var. arctobia (Bunge) Tidestr. Oxytropis arctica var. notabilis R.Br. Oxytropis arctica var. uniflora Hook. Oxytropis arctobia var. hyperarctica Polunin Oxytropis arctica f. albida Lepage Oxytropis nigrescens var. arctobia (Bunge) A.Gray Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. arctobia (Bunge) Hultén Oxytropis nigrescens var. uniflora (Hook.) Barneby Spiesia arctobia (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) |