| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus kahiricus DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 2: 292 (1825) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Central Asia and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands |
| Description | woody-based, stems lanate, leaves imparipinnate, petiolate, leaflets 1-3cm, ovate-orbiculate, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sericeous, flowers in axillary raceme |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 aegyptiacus Spreng. Astragalus isopetalus Boiss. Astragalus longiflorus Delile Astragalus subkahiricus Gontsch. Myobroma kahirica (DC.) Steven Tragacantha kahirica (DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |