| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Hedysarum hedysaroides (L.) Schinz & Thell. trib. Hedysareae |
| Bibliography | Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 58: 70 (1913) |
| Native Range | Europe, Russian Far East to North Korea |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Description | glabrous, leaves pinnate, leaflets in 4-6 pairs, oval or elliptic, flowers 13-25mm long, in long, pedunculate spike, pod oblong |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | reddish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Astragalus hedysaroides L. Echinolobium caucasicum Desv. Echinolobium obscurum (L.) Desv. Hedysarum altaicum Schangin Hedysarum controversum Crantz Hedysarum obscurum L. Hedysarum obscurum f. acaulis Sumnev. Hedysarum obscurum f. caulescens Sumnev. Hedysarum obscurum f. tianschanicum Sumnev. Hedysarum sibiricum Poir. Hedysarum silicii Lakušić |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) |