| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus cartilagineus Gontsch. sect. Caprini |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9(1): 99 (1941) |
| Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to w. Afghanistan and ne. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1100-3300m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves 8-17cm, petiolate, leaflets obovate, 20-38mm, broadly cuneate, abaxially sparsely pilose, ciliate flowers 2cm, 2-3, on short peduncle, calyx cylindrical |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow, fading purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |