| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus floccosus Boiss. sect. Rhacophorus |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 61 (1843) |
| Native Range | Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets white tomentose, stipules shortly triangular, leaflets 4 pairs, canaliculate, linear-lanceolate, long spinose, glabrous, green, flowers axillary, forming spike |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Astracantha floccosa (Boiss.) Podlech Astracantha radschirdensis (Širj. & Bornm.) Podlech Astragalus floccosus ssp. wafsiensis Širj. & Bornm. Astragalus haematosemius Bornm. & Širj. Astragalus mesoleios Boiss. & Buhse Astragalus myrianthus Beck Astragalus phyllostachys Boiss. Astragalus pichleri ssp. myrianthus (Beck) Širj. Astragalus porphyrolepis Fisch. Astragalus pseudoparrowianus Širj. & Rech.f. Astragalus radkanensis Bunge Astragalus radschirdensis Širj. & Bornm. Tragacantha floccosa (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha radkanensis (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |