| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Parochetus communis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don trib. Trifolieae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 240 (1825) |
| Native Range | China to Indian Subcontinent and Indo-China, s. Malesia |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Description | stems rooting, leaves long petiolate, trifoliolate, leaflets obcordate, basally brownish variegate, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate, pod linear-ovate, 2-3cm |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cosmiusa repens Alef. Parochetus maculatus R.Br. Parochetus major D.Don Parochetus oxalidifolius Royle |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, BAN Bangladesh, EHM East Himalaya, IND India, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, SRL Sri Lanka, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, THA Thailand, VIE Vietnam) 42 Malesia (JAW Jawa) |