| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus ancistrocarpus Boiss. & Hausskn. sect. Incani |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P..E.Boissier] 2: 463 (1872) |
| Native Range | Iraq to se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | appresed setose, grey, stipules triangular-lanceolate, leaflets 5-11 pairs, remote, carnose, obovate to elliptic, 5-10mm, minutely mucronate, flowers 5-20 in lax raceme |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus ancistrocarpus var. brachycarpus Eig Astragalus ancistrocarpus var. nitidulus (Hand.-Mazz.) Rech.f. & Dulfer Astragalus ancistrocarpus var. stepposus Eig Astragalus nitidulus Hand.-Mazz. Tragacantha ancistrocarpa (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kunzte |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |