| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus spinosus (Forssk.) Muschl. sect. Poterion |
| Bibliography | Verh. Bot. Vereins. Prov. Brandenburg 49: 98 (1907) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Iran and Arabian Penninsula |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | grey pilose, spines long, patent, leaves 5-jugate, leaflets remote, obovate, tipped with long spine, flowers of 1-2, shortly pedicellate, axillary, pod hirsute |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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 | Astragalus armatus var. libycus Pamp. Astragalus forsskaolii Boiss. Astragalus kneuckeri Freyn Astragalus microthamnus Boiss. & Hausskn. Astragalus rauwolfii Vahl Astragalus scorpius Boiss. Astragalus spinosus f. aegyptiacus Bornm. Astragalus spinosus var. hamrinensis Eig Astragalus spinosus var. kneuckeri (Freyn) Täckh. & Boulos Astragalus spinosus f. palaestinus Bornm. Astragalus tumidus Willd. Colutea spinosa Forssk. Saccocalyx tumidus Steven Tragacantha forsskaolii (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha microthamna (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze Tragacantha scorpius (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (KUW Kuwait, SAU Saudi Arabia) |