| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Chesneya macrantha Cheng.f. ex H.C.Fu trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Intramongolica 3: 291 (1978) |
| Native Range | w. & n. China to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3900-4200m |
| Description | spinose, leaves 2-3cm, petiolate, leaflets 9-13, narrowly oblong, 3-5mm, densely white shortly hirsute, flowers solitary, calyx tubular, corolla 24-26mm long |
| Size | 4-6cm |
| Color | yellow |
| 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 basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Chesneya potaninii (Yakovlev) Govaerts Chesneya spinosa P.C.Li Chesniella macrantha (W.C.Cheng ex H.C.Fu) L.Duan & al. Oxytropis grubovii N.Ulziykh. Spongiocarpella grubovii (N.Ulziykh) Yakovlev Spongiocarpella potaninii Yakovlev Spongiocarpella spinosa (P.C.Li) Yakovlev |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |