| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis nitens Turcz. sect. Xerobia |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 746 (1842) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | acaulescent, white hirsute, leaves 5-15cm, leaflets 5-8pairs, oblong, mucronate, 15-25mm, raceme elongate, flowers 22-25mm, pod thinly coriaceous, ventricose, hirsute |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Spiesia nitens (Turcz.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya) 37 Mongolia |