| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus porphyrocalyx Y.C.Ho sect. Brachycarpus |
| Bibliography | Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 8: 67 (1980) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 3800-4200m |
| Description | leaves 2-4cm, petiolate, leaflets 4-7 pairs, narrowly elliptic, abaxially appressed hirsute, raceme spherical, densely many flowered, flowers 7mm, pod broadly ellipsoid |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | lilac |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus heterodontus var. porphyrocalyx (Y.C.Ho) N.Ulziykh. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |