| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus andalanicus Boiss. & Hausskn. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 2: 345 (1872) |
| Native Range | w. & c. Iran to ne. Iraq |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree |
| Description | erinaceous, stems thick, basally spinose, leaves 3-jugate, oblong-elliptic, long spinose, flowers of 2, axillary, producing globular head at base of stem, calyx white hirsute |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus andalanicus var. validior (Bornm.) Širj. Astragalus elmaiticus var. validior Bornm. Astragalus globiflorus var. andalanicus (Boiss. & Hausskn.) C.C.Towns. Astragalus karadaghicus Eig Tragacantha andalanica (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) |