| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus naturitensis Payson |
| Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 60: 377 (1915) |
| Native Range | Colorado to Utah and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1600-2000m |
| Description | cinereous, leaves 2-7cm long, leaflets elliptic-obovate, obtuse, raceme lax, 3-8-flowered, pod elliptic, slightly curvate, 13-22mm long, reddish variegate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus arietinus var. stipularis M.E.Jones Astragalus naturitensis var. typicus Barneby Tium naturitense (Payson) Rydb. Xylophacos stipularis (M.E.Jones) Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |