| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Phyllolobium tribulifolium (Benth.ex Bunge) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 117: 60 (2006) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2700-5500m |
| Description | leaves 1-5cm, subsessile, leaflets 4-9 pairs, obovate to narrowly elliptic, abaxially hirsute, adaxially glabrous, flowers 2-10 in short raceme, corolla 8-12mm, pod ellipsoid |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | purple, violet |
| 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 | Astragalus chingianus P.C.Li Astragalus naignichus Y.H.Xu & Q.R.Liu Astragalus tribulifolius Benth. ex Bunge Astragalus tribulifolius var. pauciflorus Marquand Tragacantha tribulifolia (Benth. ex Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |