| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Phyllolobium donianum (DC.) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 117: 49 (2006) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2900-4500m |
| Description | leaves 2-5cm, shortly petiolate, leaflets 4-8-pairs, retuse, abaxially hirsute, adaxially glabrous, raceme short, 1-3-flowered, pod stipitate, 15-30mm, white-black hirsute |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | bluish violet, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Astragalus donianus DC. Astragalus macrorrhizus D.Don Astragalus monanthus K.T.Fu Astragalus prattii var. uniflorus E.Peter Astragalus pycnorrhizus Wall. ex Benth. Astragalus yatungensis C.C.Ni & P.C.Li Sphaerophysa pycnorrhiza Benth. & Hook.f. Tragacantha doniana (DC.) Kuntze Tragacantha pycnorrhiza Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |