Astragalus octopus
Astragalus octopus is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to northeastern Iraq and western Iran. A thorny, cushion-forming perennial subshrub closely resembling Astragalus longifolius, it produces a high-quality gum tragacanth.
A slow-growing plant, it eventually reaches. Its pollinators are bees and Lepidoptera.