| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus qoturensis Podlech sect. Hymenostegis |
| Bibliography | Sendtnera 7: 209 (2001) |
| Native Range | nw. Iran to se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2300-3000m |
| Description | spinose, whitish, leaves 3-9cm, 6-8-jugate, leaflets narrowly elliptic, 7-12mm, acuminate, acerose, densely hirsute, racemes spherical, 2-4cm, densely many flowered |
| Size | 18-22cm |
| Color | violet |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |