Astragalus montanus Linnacus, Species Plantarum 2: 760. 1753.

"Habitat in Helvetia, Vallesia." RCN: 5605.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. van Royen, sheet no. 913.55-591 (L); Herb. Burser XIX: 143 (UPS); [icon] in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 2: 339. 1651; [icon] in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 2: 240. 1601.

Current name: Oxytropis sp. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Gutermann & Merxmüller (in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 231-232. 1961) treated this as a nomen ambiguum relating to Oxytropis amethystea Arvet-Touvet and O. jacquinii Bunge.