| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus acaulis Baker sect. Hookeriana |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 132 (1876) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 3300-5400m |
| Description | subglabrous, leaves 8-15cm, petiolate, leaflets 7-12 pairs, narrowly ovate, acute, raceme subsessile, 2-3-flowered, flowers 20-25mm long, pod erect, oblong, glabrous |
| Size | 3-15cm |
| Color | pale sulphur yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus litangensis Bureau & Franch. Astragalus pseudoxytropis Ulbr. Tragacantha acaulis (Baker) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |