| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis albana Steven sect. Ianthina |
| Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 54 (1813) |
| Native Range | Caucasus to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 2500-3500m |
| Description | acaulescent, appresed hirsute, leaflets 9-12 pairs, elliptic, scapes procumbent, flowers few in head, bracts linear, calyx campanulate, pod oblong-clavate |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | purplish red, violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Oxytropis argaea Boiss. Oxytropis caucasica Regel Oxytropis cyanea M.Bieb. Oxytropis gelida Bunge Oxytropis kasbeckii Bunge ex Boiss. Oxytropis montana Steven Oxytropis samurensis Bunge ex Boiss. Spiesia albana (Steven) Kuntze Spiesia caucasica (Regel) Kuntze Spiesia cyanea (M.Bieb.) Kuntze Spiesia gelida (Bunge) Kuntze Spiesia kasbeckii (Bunge ex Boiss.) Kuntze Spieisa samurensis (Bunge ex Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |