| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Medicago archiducis-nicolai Širj. trib. Trifolieae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 270 (1928) |
| Native Range | c. China to Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-4000m |
| Description | stipules hastate, 4-7mm, leaves petiolate, leaflets broadly ovate to orbiculate, adaxially glabrous, truncate, flowers 4-5 in axillary umbels, pod oblong falcate, 10-15mm long |
| Size | 8-20cm |
| Color | yellowish orange |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Kamiella archiducis-nicolai (Širj.) Vassilcz. Medicago schirjaewii Hand.-Mazz. Melilotoides archiducis-nicolai (Širj.) Yakovlev Melissitus archiducis-nicolai (Širj.) Latsch. Trigonella archiducis-nicolai (Širj.) Vassilcz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |