| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis coerulea (Pall.) DC. sect. Ianthina |
| Bibliography | Astragalogia: 68 (1802) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Korea |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 500-3000m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaflets 12-18 pairs, lanceolate, 7-15mm, long white hirsute, flowers in long, sparse raceme, corolla 10-15mm long, pod oblong-ovate, one-seeded |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | purple, blue, white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus baicalensis Pall. Astragalus coeruleus Pall. Astragalus zeylanicus Ledeb. ex Bunge Oxytropis chinensis Bunge Oxytropis coerulea f. albiflora (H.C.Fu) X.Y.Zhu & H.Ohashi Oxytropis coerulea ssp. subfalcata (Hance) S.H.Cheng ex H.C.Fu Oxytropis curviflora Turcz. ex Besse Oxytropis mandshurica Bunge Oxytropis mandshurica f. albiflora H.C.Fu Oxytropis subfalcata Hance Oxytropis subfalcata var. albiflora C.W.Chang Spiesia coerulea (Pall.) Kuntze Spiesia mandshurica (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita) 31 Russian Far East (PRM Primorye) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) |