| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus ammodytes Pall. sect. Ammodytes |
| Bibliography | Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 742 (1773) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands |
| Description | densely white lanate, leaflets 2-4 pairs, obovate, obtuse, flower subsessile, solitary, 18-25mm long, pod 4-5mm long, white pubescent, calyx persistent |
| Size | 3-6cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 | Tragacantha ammodytes (Pall.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |