| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus cobresiiphilus Podlech & L.R.Xu sect. Poliothrix |
| Bibliography | Sendtnera 7: 196 (2001) |
| Native Range | w. China to w. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3300-5100m |
| Description | leaves 1-4cm long, leaflets 5-8 pairs, elliptic, 1-4mm long, emarginate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely hirsute, flowers 3-10 in raceme, 5-7mm long, pod pendent, elipsoid |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | blue, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |