| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus orbicularifolius P.C.Li & C.C.Ni sect. Pseudotapinodes |
| Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(2): 112 (1979) |
| Native Range | Tibet to Nepal |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 5000-5500m |
| Description | leaves 2-4cm, leaflets 4-6 pairs, elliptic to orbiculate, 3-6mm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely white appressed pubescent, flowers 5-8 in dense, umbellate raceme |
| Size | 5-8cm |
| Color | reddish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |