| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis ventosa (Greene) P.M.Sl. trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
| Native Range | Montana to ne. Utah |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | grey sericeous-lanate, leaves long petiolate, pinnate, leaflets 3 pairs, oblong-elliptic, approximate, flowers in capitate spike, bracts and calyx lanate, corolla ca. 15mm |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | 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 ventosus Greene, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 18: 15 (1905) Oxytropis besseyi var. ventosa (Greene) Barneby Oxytropis nana var. ventosa (Greene) Isely |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |