| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus crassinervius Boiss. & Noë sect. Rhacophorus |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 5: 88 (1856) |
| Native Range | w. Iran to e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | stipules ovate, acuminate, long ciliate, leaflets 3-4-pairs, broadly oblong, obtuse, shortly acute, appresed hirsute, flowers in ovate head, calyx long hirsute |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astracantha crassinervia (Boiss. & Noë) Podlech Astracantha glaucopsoides (Bornm.) Podlech Astragalus glaucopsoides Bornm. Astragalus montosus Maassoumi Tragacantha crassinervia (Boiss. & Noë) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |