| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Thermopsis alpina (Pall.) Ledeb. trib. Thermopsideae |
| Synonyms | Sophora alpina Pall. |
| Thermopsis alpestris Czefr. | |
| Thermopsis corgonensis DC. | |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 900-4800m |
| Description | leaflets linear-obovate to ovate, 2-6mm, acute, adaxially usually glabrous, abaxially densely villose, raceme 5-15cm, flowers of 2-3 in 2-3 whorls, corolla 2-3cm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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