| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis falcata Bunge trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7. 22(1): 156 (1874) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to n. & c. China and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2700-5200m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves 5-20cm, leaflets subverticillate, 27-47, ovate, 5-15mm, flowers 6-10, 8-11mm, in raceme, calyx densely glandular and hirsute, pod falcate, coriaceous |
| Size | 3-35cm |
| Color | purple, rose, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus holdereri (Ulbr.) Kuntze Oxytropis falcata f. albiflora Y.H.Wu Oxytropis falcata var. maquensis C.W.Chang Oxytropis hedinii Ulbr. Oxytropis holdereri Ulbr. Oxytropis popovii Vassilcz. Spiesia falcata (Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |