| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus yunnanensis Franch. sect. Skythropos |
| Bibliography | Pl. Delavay.: 162 (1890) |
| Native Range | China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-5600m |
| Description | subcaulescent, leaves 5-15cm, leaflets 5-15 pairs, ovate to elliptic, adaxially glabrous, abaxially villose, flowers 2-13 in dense raceme, corolla 14-21mm long, pod ellipsoid |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus fenzelianus E.Peter Astragalus tatsienensis Bureau & Franch. Astragalus tatsienensis f. elongatus (N.D.Simpson) P.C.Li Astragalus tatsienensis var. kangrenbuchiensis (C.C.Ni & P.C.Li) Y.C.Ho Astragalus yunnanensis f. elongatus N.D.Simpson Astragalus yunnanensis var. glabricalyx Y.H.Wu Astragalus yunnanensis var. kangrenbuchiensis C.C.Ni & P.C.Li Astragalus yunnanensis var. tatsienensis (Bureau & Franch.) S.S.Cheng ex P.C.Li & C.C.Ni |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHS China Southeast, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |