| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus rousseanus Boiss sect. Diacme |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 61 (1843) |
| Native Range | Lebanon to se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets short, thin, stipules ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, ciliate, spines short, leaflets 7-9 pairs, approximate, complicate, narrowly linear, hirsute, flowers of 2, axillary |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 rousseana (Boiss.) Podlech Astragalus acanthostachys Fisch. Astragalus dealbatus Ehrenb. ex Bunge Astragalus gummifera var. hispidulus DC. Astragalus malacotrichus Fisch. Astragalus verus DC. ex Bunge Tragacantha rousseana (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |