| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus bethlehemiticus Boiss. sect. Rhacophorus |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 85 (1849) |
| Native Range | Jordan to s. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | densely erinaceous, stipules ovate, tomentose, ciliate, leaflets 4-5 pairs, minute, oblong, mucronate, carinate, grey sericeous, flowers of 5, axillary, calyx white hispid |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astracantha bethlehemitica (Boiss.) Podlech Astracantha bombycalyx (Eig) Podlech Astracantha cuspistipulata (Eig) Podlech Astracantha lepidantha (Boiss.) Podlech Astracantha rascheyaensis (Freyn & Bornm.) Podlech Astracantha spiciformis (Eig) Greuter Astragalus argyrophyllus Boiss. & Gaill. Astragalus baalbekensis Bornm. Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. antilibanoticus Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus ssp. argyrophyllus (Boiss. & Gaill.) Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. brachycalyx Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. capitatus Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var grandiflorus Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. halepensis Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus ssp. lepidanthus (Boiss.) Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. macranthus Širj. Astragalus bethlehemeticus ssp. rascheyaensis (Freyn & Bornm.) Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. selemiensis Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. spicatus Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. subalpinus Eig Astragalus bethlehemeticus var. transitans Eig Astragalus bombycalyx Eig Astragalus bombycalyx var. brevilforus Eig Astragalus bombycalyx var. divaricatus Eig Astragalus bombycalyx var. subspatulus Eig Astragalus cruentiflorus ssp. rascheyaensis (Freyn) Širj. Astragalus cuspistipulatus Eig Astragalus lamarckii ssp. bombycalyx (Eig) Ponert Astragalus lepidanthus Boiss. Astragalus mollissimum C.Presl Astragalus plumosus Siebold ex Bunge Astragalus rascheyaensis Freyn & Bornm. Astragalus spiciformis Eig Astragalus zachlensis var. bludanensis Eig Tragacantha bethlehemitica (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha lepidantha (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |