| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus sieberi DC. sect. Chronopus |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 2: 295 (1825) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to w. & s. Iran and Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets densely leafy, grey hirsute, stipules acuminate, leaflets 20-25 pairs, approximate, ovate, retuse, complicate, adaxially glabrous, flowers axillary, subsessile |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus baghadensis Rech.f. Astragalus barba-aronis Ehrenb. ex Bunge Astragalus radiatus Steud. Astragalus radicatus Decne. Astragalus zubairensis Eig Tragacantha sieberi (DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (KUW Kuwait, SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) |