| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus frigidus (L.) A.Gray sect. Cenantrum |
| Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 219 (1864) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Subalpine Eurasia to China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 200-4500m |
| Description | subglabrous, leaves 5-15cm, petiolate, leaflets 4-6 pairs, narrowly ovate to elliptic, abaxially pale grey-green, adaxially dark green, flowers 5-20 in compact raceme |
| Size | 8-35cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 | Astragaloides frigida (L.) Medik. Astragalus exaltatus (Ledeb.) Bunge Astragalus exaltatus f. glaber Litv. Astragalus frigidus var. grigorjewii (B.Fedtsch.) Chater Astragalus frigidus ssp. minutulus Kuvaev Astragalus frigidus ssp. parviflorus (Ledeb.) Hultén Astragalus frigidus ssp. secundus (DC.) Worosch. Astragalus grigorjewii B.Fedstch. Astragalus kolaensis Kuzen. Astragalus pubescens Schrenk Astragalus secundus DC. Colutea frigida (L.) Poir. Phaca alpina O.F.Müll. Phaca exaltata Fisch. ex Sweet Phaca frigida L. Phaca frigida var. brevipes Ledeb. Phaca frigida var. exaltata Ledeb. Phaca frigida var. parviflora Turcz. Phaca ochreata Crantz Phaca parviflora Turcz. Phaca umbellata Nyman Tragacantha frigida (L.) Kuntze Tragacantha secunda (DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |