| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus lanatus Labill. sect. Dasyphyllium |
| Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Syr. 1: 21 (1791) |
| Native Range | sw. Syria to Lebanon |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 1500-2700m |
| Description | leaves 10-35mm, leaflets 3-6mm, broadly ovate, densely hirsute, flowers in compact spherical to ovoid, 10-30-flowered spike, pod compressed, triangular |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alopecias lanatus (Labill.) Steven Alopecias libanotis (Willd.) Steven Astragalus lanatus var. denniensis Gomb. Astragalus libanotis Willd. Tragacantha lanata (Labill.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |