| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus petraeus Kar. & Kir. sect. Erioceras |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 333 (1842) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-3200m |
| Description | leaves 4-7cm, leaflets 4-7 pairs, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 5-13mm, appressed white hirsute, flowers 10-18 in lax raceme, corolla 18-22mm, pod cylindrical, hirsute |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 irkeschtami B.Fedtsch. Astragalus xylorrhizus Bunge Tragacantha petraea (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |