| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis humifusa Kar. & Kir. sect. Ianthina |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 535 (1842) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3000-5200m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves 2-7cm, petiolate, leaflets 13-17, ovate-lanceolate, 3-8mm, long appresed sericeous, acute, raceme dense, 6-9-flowered, calyx campanulate, pod stipitate |
| Size | 2-8cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 glacialis Benth. ex Bunge Oxytropis lapponica var. humifusa (Kar. & Kir.) Baker Oxytropis melanotricha var. maryangensis M.M.Gao & P.Yan Spiesia glacialis (Benth. ex Bunge) Kuntze Spiesia humifusa (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |