Yasamin Nasseh - Herbarium (FUMH), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Mohammad Reza Joharchi - Herbarium (FUMH), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

During the study and identification of the collected plants from North Khorassan province a new species was found. The new species was described as Astragalus razensis from the studied area. This species belongs to the sect. Ornithopodium and is compared with its closest relative, Astragalus ornithopodioides.

Astragalus, Sect. Ornithopodium, new species, Iran