| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis caespitosa (Pall.) Pers. sect. Xerobia |
| Bibliography | Syn. Pl. 2: 333 (1807) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Amur and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves 5-15cm, leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblong, 1-2cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent, glabrescent, flowers 3-6 in umbel, corolla 25-30mm, pod broadly ovoid |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus caespitosus Pall. Oxytropis physodes var. glabra DC. Spiesia caespitosa (Pall.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur) 37 Mongolia |