| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus cottonianus Aitch. & Baker sect. Incani |
| Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 51 (1886) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. & n. Afghanistan and ne. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 700-1500m |
| Description | green, glabrescent, leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 6-7 pairs, suborbiculate or ovate, acuminate. flowers 5-10 in raceme, calyx glabrous, persistent, lobes subulate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| 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 | Astragalus dilankuri Lipsky Astragalus involucratus Lipsky Chondrocarpus dilankuri (Lipsky) Nevski |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |