Astragalus zurmatensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.
Taxonomy Astragalus zurmatensis was named by Dietrich Podlech and Shahin Zarre in 2003, based on specimens collected from Afghanistan in 1967, at an altitude of . It was named alongside several other species of Astragalus, and placed in Ammodendron, which the authors treated as a section of Astragalus.
Distribution Astragalus zurmatensis is native to the temperate biome of north-eastern Iran and eastern Afghanistan. The holotype was collected from Paktia Province, Afghanistan.
Description Astragalus zurmatensis is a subshrub. It grows up to tall, and has white hairs. The stem has greyish-brown bark. The leaves are long, and have stems up to long. The plant has one or two pairs of leaflets, which are long, and wide.
The species has pale violet flowers, which are yellowish-brown when dry. The calyx is around long. The flower stalks are long. Unripe legumes are attched without stems.
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