| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis persica Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 40 (1843) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to c. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | acaulescent, densely grey sericeous, leaves 7-8-jugate, leaflets minute, elliptic, complicate, scape procumbent, flowers 4-6 in spherical head, bracts oblong |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus dioriticus Schott ex Boiss. Oxytropis dioritica Boiss. Oxytropis engizekensis H.Duman & Vural Oxytropis takhti-soleimanii Vassilcz. Spiesia dioritica (Boiss.) Kuntze Spiesia persica (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |