| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis altaica (Pall.) Pers. sect. Orobia |
| Bibliography | Syn. Pl. 2: 333 (1807) |
| Native Range | Siberia to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves shortly petiolate, leaflets 10-12 pairs, lanceolate, acute, 10-25mm, glabrous, flowers in dense capitate raceme, corolla 15-20mm, pod unilocular |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue, lilac |
| 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 altaicus Pall., Sp. Astragal.: 56 (1800) Astragalus brevirostris (DC.) Poir. Oxytropis brevirostra DC. Spiesia altaica (Pall.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |