| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus oophorus S.Watson trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Botany (Fortieth Parallel) 73, 441 (1871) |
| Native Range | Colorado to sw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-3300m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves 5-15cm long, leaflets 7-25 pairs, elliptic to nearly orbiculate, raceme lax, 4-10-flowered, pod ellipsoid, ventricose, 3-6cm long, papery |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple, white, yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 jucundus (Jeps. & Rydb.) M.Peck Astragalus oophorus var. typicus Barneby Phaca jucunda Jeps. & Rydb. Phaca oophora (S.Watson) Rydb. Tragacantha oophora (S.Watson) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |