| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus macrosemius Boiss. & Hohen. sect. Adiaspastus |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 9: 93 (1849) |
| Native Range | n. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | thinly spinose, leaflets 5-6 pairs, ovate-oblong, acute, appresed sericeous, flowers 3-4 in sessile raceme amongst upper leaves, calyx black and white hirsute |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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 | Tragacantha macrosemia (Boiss. & Hohen.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |