| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus caspicus M.Bieb. sect. Adiaspastus |
| Bibliography | Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 204 (1808) |
| Native Range | n. & w. Iran to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 500-1900m |
| Description | leaflets 5-8 pairs, narrowly linear, grey pubescent, acute, complicate, flowers of 2, axillary, producing oblong spicate inflorescence, corolla 10-12mm long |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| 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 | Ankylobus caspicus (B.Bieb.) Steven Astracantha caspica (M.Bieb.) Podlech Astracantha crenophila (Boiss.) Podlech Astracantha theodoroviana (Fed. & Rzazade) Czerep. Astragalus caspicus var. alexeenkoi Širj. & Bornm. Astragalus caspicus var. elbrusensis Širj. & Bornm. Astragalus caspicus ssp. knappianus Širj. Astragalus caspicus macracanthus Trautv. Astragalus caspicus var. platonychioides Širj. & Bornm. Astragalus caspius Hornem ex Ledeb. Astragalus constrictus Turrill Astragalus constrictus var. tomentosus Turrill Astragalus crenophilus Boiss. Astragalus cretensis Pall Astragalus echinus C.A.Mey. Astragalus erianthus Fisch. ex Boiss. Astragalus etezadianus Parsa Astragalus leptodendron Fisch. Astragalus theodorovianus Fed. & Rzazade Tragacantha caspica (M.Bieb.) Steven Tragacantha crenophila (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |