| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus persicus (DC.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. sect. Hymenostegis |
| Bibliography | Index Seminum [LE, Petropolitanus] 1: 3 (1835) |
| Native Range | w. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-2550m |
| Description | grey hirsute, stipules lanceolate, ciliate, leaflets 4-5 pairs, oblong-elliptic, yellow spinose, scapes lanate, floral heads ovate-spherical, dense, calyx lanate |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | pink, red, purple |
| 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 | Astragalus lagopoides var. persicus DC. Astragalus lagurus ssp. persicus (DC.) Ponert Astragalus mesopotamicus Boiss. Astragalus mesopotamicus var. olivieri Boiss. Astragalus olivieri Bunge Astragalus taeniolepis Boiss. & Hohen. Tragacantha persica (DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |