| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus heterodontus Boriss. sect. Brachycarpus |
| Bibliography | Trudy Tadzhiksk. Bazy 2: 161 (1936) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. China and wc. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3500-4900m |
| Description | taproot, leaves 2-4cm, leaflets 5-7 pairs, elliptic, 5-9mm, obtuse, rather thick, abaxially shortly appresed hirsute, inflorescence subcapitate, in fruit elongate, flowers 5-8mm |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | intensely violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus heterodontus f. ramosus Boriss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |