| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Hedysarum gmelinii Ledeb. trib. Hedysareae |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 551 (1812) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to Siberia and China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 800-1800m |
| Description | leaves 6-10cm, leaflets 11-13, ovate to elliptic, 8-20mm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially appressed pubescent, raceme dense, ovoid to oblong, calyx pubescent, corolla 15-17mm |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | pinkish purple, yellow |
| 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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hedysarum altaicum Fisch. ex DC. Hedysarum gmelinii var. lineiforme H.C.Fu Hedysarum grandiflorum Schangin Hedysarum ibericum Willd. ex Cham. Hedysarum obscurum Georgi Hedysarum polymorphum Ledeb. Hedysarum polymorphum var. subsericeum Regel Hedysarum procumbens Schangin Hedysarum prostratum Pall. ex DC. Hedysarum roseum Stephan ex DC. Hedysarum rutidocarpum DC. Hedysarum venustum Fisch. ex DC. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |