| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus purshii Douglas ex G.Don trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 2: 271 (1832) |
| Native Range | w. & c. Canada to w. & wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 500-3650m |
| Description | grey lanate, leaves crowded, 2-15cm, white tomentose, leaflets elliptic to orbiculate, 5-20mm long, raceme 3-10-flowered, spherical, corolla 1-3cm, pod grey lanate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus incurvus (Rydb.) Abrams Astragalus inflexus var. ordensis Jeps. Astragalus purshii var. gavisus Jeps. Astragalus purshii var. incurvus (Rydb.) Jeps. Astragalus purshii var. interior M.E.Jones Astragalus purshii var. ordensis (Jeps.) Jeps. Astragalus purshii var. typicus Barneby Phaca mollissima Nutt. Phaca purshii (Douglas ex G.Don) Piper Tragacantha purshii (Douglas ex G.Don) Kuntze Xylophacos incurvus Rydb. Xylophacos purshii (Douglas ex G.Don) Rydb. Xylophacos purshii var. interior (M.E.Jones) Moldenke |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |