| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus austrotibetanus Podlech & L.R.Xu sect. Poliothrix |
| Bibliography | Sendtnera 7: 195 (2001) |
| Native Range | Qinghai to Nepal |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3400-5100m |
| Description | leaves 4-8cm, subsessile, leaflets 12-15 pairs, elliptic, abaxially hirsute, raceme 2-5cm, loosely many flowered, flowers 7-8mm, pod ellipsoid, curvate, acute, hirsute |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | bluish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |