| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus breviscapus B.Fedtsch. sect. Chaetodon |
| Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 24: 234 (1905) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | subacaulescent, leaves 2-11cm, leaflets 3-6 pairs, elliptic to obovate, obtuse, minutely mucronate, hirsute, raceme dense, many flowered, flowers 20-24mm long, pod oblong |
| Size | 6-13cm |
| Color | pinkish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Astragalus oophorus Freyn Cryptorrhynchus breviscapus (B.Fedtsch.) Nevski |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |