| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis teres DC. sect. Ortholoma |
| Bibliography | Astragalogia: 92 (1802) |
| Native Range | Altay to Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | grey-green, leaflets 12-17 pairs, oblong-elliptic or lanceolate, acute, 5-10mm, abaxially densely appressed pubescent, raceme many flowered, dense, flowers 12-15mm |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | bright purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 | Astragalus teres (DC.) Lam. Oxytropis fischeri DC. Oxytropis longicuspis Ledeb. Oxytropis vaginata Fisch. ex DC. Spiesia vaginata (Fisch. ex DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |