| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis mollis Benth. ex Royle trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 198 (1835) |
| Native Range | Tibet to nw. India and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2000-3600m |
| Description | leaves 10-22cm, petiolate, leaflets 23-31, oblong to obovate, adpressed long white hirsute, acute, racemes many flowered, pod stipitate, cylindrical, black hirsute |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | purple, 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 | Oxytropis floribunda Benth. Oxytropis iridum Dickoré & Kriechb. Oxytropis lanceolata Benth. ex Bunge Oxytropis thomsonii Benth. ex Bunge Spiesia mollis (Benth. ex Royle) Kuntze Spiesia thomsonii (Benth. ex Bunge) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (IND India, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |