| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus tymphresteus Boiss. & Spruner sect. Tragacantha |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 2: 63 (1843) |
| Native Range | w. Balkan Peninsula to n. Greece |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | at base spinose, leaves 8-9-jugate, leaflets minute, oblong, scape as long as leaves, raceme dense, capitate, bracts lanceolate, whitish, calyx adpressed white and black hirsute |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | whitish |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 | Astragalus angustifolius ssp. tymphresteus (Boiss. & Spruner) Hayek Tragacantha tymphrestea (Boiss. & Spruner) Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |