| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus variabilis Bunge ex Maxim. sect. Craccina |
| Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 24: 33 (1878) |
| Native Range | n. China to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves 3-4cm, leaflets ovate-oblong, 3-5mm, densely hirsute, flowers 7-10 in lax raceme, corolla 7-9m long, pod cylindrical, appressed hirsute |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | pale purplish |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| 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 dulanensis Y.H.Wu Astragalus loczyi Kanitz Tragacantha variabilis (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |