| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus arnoldi Hemsl. & H.Pearson sect. Helmia |
| Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 172 (1902) |
| Native Range | w. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 4000-5500m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves 1-2cm, leaflets 1-3 pairs, elliptic, 2-5mm, densely grey-white appressed hirsute, flowers 5-6, 7-10mm, in dense raceme, pod oblong, ventricose, hirsute |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | violet |
| 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 arnoldi f. albiflorus Y.W.Wu Astragalus culcitiformis P.C.Li & C.C.Ni Astragalus li-nii Gómez-Sosa Astragalus monticola P.C.Li & C.C.Ni Astragalus orotrephes W.W.Sm. Astragalus roborovskyi N.Ulziykh. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |