Astragalus ornithopodioides

Astragalus ornithopodioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to west and north Iran, the South Caucasus and Turkey. It was first described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1783. Under the synonym Astragalus bylowae, a population occurring in Armenia was assessed as "vulnerable" in 2006.

Conservation

Astragalus bylowae was assessed as "critically endangered" in 2006 for the IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to a small area of Armenia., A. bylowae was regarded as a synonym of Astragalus ornithopodioides, which has a wider distribution that includes Iran and Turkey.