| Family | ZYGOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Zygophyllum pterocapum Bunge |
| Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour] 2: 103 (1830) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to n. China and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | saltings |
| Description | root thick, ligneous, stems ramose, debile, leaflets 4-6, linear-oblong to lanceolate, 5-15mm, glaucous, flowers axillary, 1-2, pedicellate, petals 7-8mm, oblong-obovate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | whitish orange |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Zygophyllum altaicum Stephan ex Ledeb. Zygophyllum pterocarpum var. microcarpum Y.X.Liou Zygophyllum pterocarpum ssp. tuvinicum Peschkova |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |