| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Chesneya nubigena (D.Don) Ali trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Scientist (Karachi) 3: 4 (1959) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3600-5300m |
| Description | leaves 3-15cm, leaflets 2-10 pairs, dense, oblong, 5-10mm, densely, long adpressed hirsute, acute, flowers solitary, pedicellate, 2-3cm long, pod elliptic |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Aspalathus crassicaulis (Graham) Kuntze Aspalathus nubigenus (D.Don) Kuntze Astragalus crassicaulis Graham Astragalus larkyaensis Kitam. Astragalus nubigenus D.Don Caragana nubigena (D.Don) Bunge Spongiocarpella nubigena (D.Don) Yakovlev Spongiocarpella nubigena ssp. kumaoensis Yakovlev |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |