| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus handelii H.T.Tsai & T.T.Yu sect. Brachycarpus |
| Bibliography | Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 20 (1936) |
| Native Range | c. China to Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1800-3700m |
| Description | leaves 4-7cm, subsessile, leaflets 5-8 pairs, linear to narrowly elliptic, abaxially appressed white hirsute, raceme ovoid, densely many flowered, flowers ca. 1cm long |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | whitish yellow, yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |