| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus gilviflorus E.Sheld. trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 21 (1894) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to nw. & nc. USA and Utah |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | woody-based, leaves crowded, 2-6cm, leaflets usually three, oblanceolate, acute, 1-2cm, silvery sericeous, flowers 1-2, subsessile in axils of leaves, pod ovoid, lanate |
| Size | 2-5cm |
| Color | whitish, yellowish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus triphyllus Pursh Orophaca argophylla (Nutt.) Rydb. Orophaca caespitosa (Nutt.) Britton Orophaca triphylla (Pursh) Isely Phaca argophylla Nutt. Phaca caespitosa Nutt. Phaca triphylla (Pursh) Eaton & Wright Tragacantha triphylla (Pursh) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |