| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus longifolius Lam. sect. Macrophyllium |
| Bibliography | Encycl. 1: 322 (1783) |
| Native Range | ne. Iraq to c. & e. Turkey and Transcaucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1700-2000m |
| Description | leaves 8-15cm, rachis spinose, leaflets 6-9 pairs, glabrous, narrowly elliptic, spinose, flowers sessile, axillary, inflorescence spherical, 3-5cm broad, 20-50-flowered |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | bluish, rose |
| 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 | Astracantha hakkiarica (D.F.Chamb. & V.A.Matthews) Podlech Astracantha longifolia (Lam.) Podlech Astragalus hakkiaricus D.F.Chamb. & V.A.Matthews Astragalus pugniformis L‘Hér. Tragacantha longifolia (Lam.) Steven |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |