| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis mertensiana Turcz. sect. Caeciabia |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13: 68 (1840) |
| Native Range | n. Russia |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | acaulescent, leaflets 1-5 pairs, lanceolate, 1-2cm long, adaxially green, glabrous, ciliate, flowers 2-4 in raceme, corolla 12-15mm long, pod oblong, black hirsute, unilocular |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | reddish violet |
| 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, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aragallus mertensianus (Turcz.) Greene Spiesia mertensiana (Turcz.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) |