| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC. trib. Hedysareae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 2: 268 (1825) |
| Native Range | Siberia to n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 900-1300m |
| Description | leaves palmatipinnate, leaflets 4, oblanceolate to linear, 7-17mm, glabrous, obtuse to acute, flowers solitary, pedicellate, corolla 10-16mm, pod linear, 2-3cm, glabrescent |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aspalathus pygmaeum (L.) Kuntze Caragana altaica (Kom.) Pojark. Caragana komarovii H.Lév. Caragana pygmaea var. acicularis Kom. Caragana pygmaea var. altaica Kom. Caragana pygmaea var. angustissima C.K.Schneid. Caragana pygmaea ssp. austrotuvinica Bondareva Caragana pygmaea var. ouratensis Kom. Caragana pygmaea var. parviflora H.C.Fu Caragana pygmaea var. viridissima Kom. Caragana splendens Schischk. ex Sobol. Robinia pygmaea L. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |