| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis retrorsa Fernald sect. Mesogaea |
| Bibliography | Rhodora 30: 140 (1928) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to w. & wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | caespitose, acaulescent, yellowish lanate, leaves 15-25-juga leaflets ovate-elliptic, 5-20mm, raceme spicate, dense, flowers 7-12mm, pod setose |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white, light bluish |
| 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 | Oxytropis deflexa var. culminis Jeps. Oxytropis deflexa var. parviflora B.Boivin Oxytropis deflexa ssp. retrorsa (Fernald) Á.Love & D.Löve Oxytropis deflexa var. sericea Torr. & A.Gray Oxytropis deflexa ssp. sericea (Torr. & A.Gray) Cody Oxytropis retrorsa var. sericea (Torr. & A.Gray) Fernald |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |