| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis squammulosa DC. sect. Leucopodia |
| Bibliography | Astragalogia: 79 (1802) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to w. & n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 1300-3300m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves numerous, leaflets 3-6 pairs, narrowly linear, 10-15mm, glabrous, revolute, flowers 1-2, 15-30mm long, pod ovoid, hard, coriaceous, glabrous |
| Size | 3-7cm |
| Color | yellowish white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus squammulosus (DC.) Poir. Oxytropis leucopodia Ledeb. Oxytropis squammulosa var. purpurea G.Z.Qian Spiesia squammulosa (DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |