| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus aboriginorum Richardson trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Narr. Journey Polar Sea [J. Franklin] 746 (1823) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to w. & c. USA, Québec |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | stems grey lanate, leaves 3-7cm, leaflets 9-13, oblong or lanceolate, acute, 8-20mm, grey lanate, racemes 2-5cm long, corolla 8-10mm, pod stipitate, glabrous, lunulate, 1-3cm |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | ochreous yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus aboriginorum var. glabriusculus (Hook.) Rydb. Astragalus australis var. aboriginorum (Richardson) S.L.Welsh Astragalus australis var. glabriusculus (Hook.) Isely Astragalus australis var. major (A.Gray) Isely Astragalus forwoodii S.Watson Astragalus forwoodii var. wallowensis (Rydb.) M.Peck Astragalus glabriusculus (Hook.) A.Gray Astragalus glabriusculus var. major A.Gray Astragalus glabriusculus var. spatiosus (A.Heller) E.Sheld. Astragalus linearis (Rydb.) A.E.Porsild Astragalus scrupulicola Fernald & Weath. Atelophragma aboriginorum (Richardson) Rydb. Atelophragma forwoodii (S.Watson) Rydb. Atelophragma glabriusculum (Hook.) Rydb. Atelophragma herriotii Rydb. Atelophragma lineare Rydb. Atelophragma wallowense Rydb. Homalobus aboriginorum (Richardson) Rydb. Homalobus glabriusculus (Hook.) Rydb. Homalobus spatiosus A.Heller Phaca aboriginorum (Richardson) Hook. Phaca glabriuscula Hook. Tragacantha aboriginorum (Richardson) Kuntze Tragacantha glabriuscula (Hook.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |