| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus lycioides Boiss. sect. Acanthophace |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 66 (1843) |
| Native Range | Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 2400-3500m |
| Description | spinose, stipules cartilagineous, yellowish, leaves 1-7cm, leaflets 4-9 pairs, complicate, grey-green, 1-4mm, obovate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely hirsute, racemes lax |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | rose. violet |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| 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 dendridium Fisch. Astragalus leptacanthus Boiss. & Buhse Astragalus pseudoangustifolius Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus schistocalyx Bunge Astragalus schistocalyx var. bizgimontanus Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus syrtschensis Bunge Tragacantha leptacantha (Boiss. & Buhse) Kuntze Tragacantha lycioides (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha schistocalyx (Bunge) Kuntze Tragacantha syrtchensis (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |