| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus echinus DC. sect. Rhacophorus |
| Bibliography | Astragalogia: 197 (1802) |
| Native Range | s. Turkey to Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | spinose, stipules triangular-acuminate, glabrous, ciliate, leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblanceolate, appresed hirsute, prickly mucronate, flowers crowded in spherical head |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astracantha echinus (DC.) Podlech Astracantha echinus ssp. arabica Hedge & Podlech Astragalus echinus ssp. arabicus (Hedge & Podlech) Chaudhary Astragalus echinus var. libanoticus (Boiss.) Dinsm. Astragalus echinus var. virens Boiss. Astragalus libanoticus Boiss. Tragacantha echinus (DC) Steven Tragacantha libanotica (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |