| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus flexus Fisch. sect. Caprini |
| Bibliography | Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 3: 307 (1844) |
| Native Range | e. European Russia to Iran and Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves 15-30cm, leaflets 7-13 pairs, orbiculate to obovate, 5-20mm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially white pubescent, flowers 10-15 in dense raceme, corolla 30-35mm, pod glabrous |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 aquae-rubrae B.Fedtsch. Astragalus pentapetaloides Bunge Astragalus pentapetaloides var. blepharophyllus Bunge Astragalus remotijugus var. pumilus Parsa Astragalus stenanthus Freyn Tragacantha flexa (Fisch.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |