| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus chrysostachys Boiss. sect. Hymenostegis |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 69 (1843) |
| Native Range | Iran to e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 1200-3600m |
| Description | silvery hirsute, stipules large, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, leaflets 3-6 pairs, oblong-elliptic, apiculate, flowers in compact, ovate-oblong spike, bracts oblong |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | sulphur yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus chrysostachys var. khorasanicus Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus chrysostachys var. kopet-daghensis Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus chrysostachys var. parisiensis Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus chrysostachys f. parisiensis (Širj. & Rech.f.) Parsa Astragalus chrysostachys var. sericeus Bornm. Astragalus sekaniensis Ranjbar & al. Tragacantha chrysostachys (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |