| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus saccocalyx Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. sect. Chaetodon |
| Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 83 (1841) |
| Native Range | e. Kazakhstan to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 1500-1800m |
| Description | leaves 5-8, leaflets 7-13, elliptic, 5-11mm, grey-white strigose, flowers numerous in dense, ovoid raceme, flowers 20-26mm long, pod narrowly oblong, sparsely long hirsute |
| Size | 5-8cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus suidunensis Bunge Tragacantha saccocalyx (Schrenk) Kuntze Tragacantha suidunensis (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |