| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus amalecitanus Boiss. sect. Ammodendron |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 46 (1849) |
| Native Range | Israel to Sinai |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | grey hirsute, stipules attenuate, yellowish, bidentate, ciliate, leaves short, leaflets 3-4-pairs, approximate, oblong, acute, heads 4-5-flowered, pod oblong, sessile |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | Tragacantha amalecitana (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) |