| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus lasiosemius Boiss. sect. Aegacantha |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 96 (1849) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. China and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 2400-4300m |
| Description | leaves 3-5cm, petiolate, leaflets 5-8 pairs, elliptic to obovate, rounded, hirsute, revolute, raceme 1-3-flowered, flowers 15-25mm, pod ellipsoid, coriaceous, densely hirsute |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 aridus Freyn Astragalus genistoides Boiss. Astragalus latistylus Freyn Astragalus latistylus ssp. aridus Freyn Astragalus leptus var. bamianicus Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus psilopterus Bunge Oxytropis aculeata Korsh. Tragacantha genistoides (Boiss,) Kuntze Tragacantha lasiosemia (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha psiloptera (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |