| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis viscida Nutt. trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. [J.Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 341 (1838) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to nw. & wc. USA |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | acaulescent, caespitose, hirsute, viscid, leaflets numerous, oblong-lanceolate, acute, scapes longer than leaves, stipules pilose, flowers in cylindrical spike, pod short |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | violet-purple |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aragallus viscidulus Rydb. Aragallus viscidus (Nutt.) Greene Astragalus gaspensis (Fernald & B.L.Kelsey) Tidestr. Astragalus viscidus (Nutt.) Tidestr. Oxytropis borealis var. viscida (Nutt.) S.L.Welsh Oxytropis campestris var. viscida (Nutt.) S.Watson Oxytropis gaspensis Fernald & B.L.Kelsey Oxytropis ixodes Butters & Abbe Oxytropis ixodes f. ecaudata Butters & Abbe Oxytropis leucantha var. gaspensis (Fernald & B.L.Kelsey) B.Boivin Oxytropis leucantha var. ixodes (Butters & Abbe) B.Boivin Oxytropis leucantha var. leuchippiana B.Boivin Oxytropis leucantha var. magnifica B.Boivin Oxytropis leucantha var. viscida (Nutt.) B.Boivin Oxytropis viscidula (Rydb.) Tidestr. Spiesia viscida (Nutt.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut) 71 Western Canada 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |