| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus hermoneus Boiss. sect. Tragacantha |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 94 (1849) |
| Native Range | Lebanon to Syria |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | dense, erinaceous, leaves 7-8-jugate, leaflets minute, sparsely hirsute, obovate, complicate, obtuse, raceme short, 3-4-flowered, bracts lanceolate, calyx black hirsute |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | white-rose |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Tragacantha hermonea (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |