| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus psoraloides Lam. sect. Onobrychoidei |
| Bibliography | Encycl. 1: 317 (1783) |
| Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-3000m |
| Description | yellowish hirsute, stipules connate, acuminate, leaflets 10-12 pairs, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, flowers in dense, ovate head, bracts minute, ovate-triangular |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus canescens DC. Astragalus canus Bunge Astragalus commodus Maassoumi Astragalus georgicus Boiss. Astragalus gjunaicus Grossh. Astragalus ketzkhovelianus Manden. Astragalus psoraloides ssp. canescens (DC.) Ponert Astragalus robertianus Kit Tan & Sorger Tragacantha cana (Bunge) Kuntze Tragacantha canescens (DC.) Kuntze Tragacantha psoraloides (Lam.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |