| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus chilienshanensis Y.C.Ho sect. Cenantrum |
| Bibliography | Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 8: 51 (1980) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3300-3500m |
| Description | leaves 4-8cm long, leaflets 4-6 pairs, ovate to elliptic, 1-2cm, glabrous or ciliate, flowers 8-12 in dense raceme, pod pendent, narrowly elipsoid, sparsely hirsute |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |