| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus aureus Willd. sect. Adiaspastus |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 1794-1795: 29 (1799) |
| Native Range | Caucasus to Iran and e. & ne. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 2100-3300m |
| Description | leaflets 6-8 pairs, elliptic-linear, acute, green or grey pubescent, flowers of 4-6, axillary, producing spherical, terminal inflorescence, corolla 15-18mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | bright yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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 | Astracantha aurea (Willd.) Podlech Astracantha flavirubens (Al.Fed. & al.) Podlech Astragalus aureus var. bracteolatus Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus aureus f. bracteolatus Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus aureus var. chromolepis (Boiss. & Hohen.) Boiss. Astragalus aureus var. gaubeanus Bornm. & Širj. Astragalus aureus var. glabrescens Širj. Astragalus aureus var. macropodius Širj. Astragalus chromolepis Boiss. & Hohen. Astragalus flavirubens Al.Fed. & al. Astragalus macropodius Fisch. Astragalus pseudotragacantha Pall. Astragalus sivasicus Bunge Astragalus turrillianus Parsa Tragacantha aurea (Willd.) Steven Tragacantha pseudotragacantha (Pall.) Steven Tragacantha sivasica (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |