| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus humistratus A.Gray trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 43 (1853) |
| Native Range | Colorado to Arizona and ne. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves subsessile, leaflets numerous, dense, linear-oblong, 1cm, acute, subglabrous, flowers numerous in head, calyx campanulate, glabrescent |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | purple, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 datilensis (Rydb.) Tidestr. Batidophaca humistrata (A.Gray) Rydb. Pisophaca datilensis Rydb. Tium humistratum (A.Gray) Rydb. Tragacantha humistrata (A.Gray) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |