| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis yezoensis Nakai trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Rep. Veg. Daisetsusan: 68 (1930) |
| Native Range | Japan (Hokkaido) |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | basal leaves adpressed white hirsute, petiolate, 3-8cm, stipules minute, ovate, leaflets 4-7pairs, lanceolate, 5-10mm, acute, scapes adpressed white hirsute, flowers few |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Oxytropis japonica f. leucantha Toyok. Oxytropis japonica var. sericea Koidz. Oxytropis nigrescens f. leucantha (Toyok.) T.Shimizu Oxytropis nigrescens var. sericea (Koidz.) T.Shimizu Oxytropis yezoensis f. albiflora Miyabe & Tatew. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |