《Flora of China》|| Fabaceae || ||猫刺棘豆亚属 Oxytropis

3. Oxytropis subg. Traganthoxytropis Vassilczenko in Komarov, Fl. URSS. 13: 221. 1948.

猫刺棘豆亚属 mao ci ji dou ya shu

Shrublets, usually pulvinate, strongly branching, spiny, tragacanthoid. Racemes 1-5-flowered. Corolla purple or pink. Legume ovoid to subspherical, inflated.

Seven species in two sections: China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia; three species in two sections in China.