| Name | Astragalus desperatus M. E. Jones |
| Authorship | M. E. Jones |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Astragalus Linnaeus |
| Contains | Astragalus desperatus var. petrophilus M. E. Jones |
| Citation | 1891 Zoe 2(3): 243 |
| Holdings | 17 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Astragalus desperatus M. E. Jones |
| Identification made in | [no date] (17) |