Fabaceae

Siberian peashrub

Caragana arborescens Lam.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Caragana

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Siberian peashrub: Caragana arborescens. Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid. — Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (26)

Armenian: Կարագանա ծառանման
Azerbaijani: Ağacşəkilli xostək
Chinese: 树锦鸡儿, 樹錦鷄兒, 蒙古锦鸡儿, 陶日格-哈日嘎纳, 陶日格一哈日嘎纳, 骨担草, 极东锦鸡儿, 南口锦鸡儿
cv: Сарă суя акартси
Czech: Čimišník stromovitý
Danish: Sibirisk Ærtetræ
English: Siberian peashrub
Estonian: Suur läätspuu
Finnish: Siperianhernepensas, Riippahernepensas, Sulkahernepensas, Walkerinhernepensas
French: Caraganier de Sibérie, Pois de Sibérie
Georgian: Უძრახელა
German: Gemeiner Erbsenstrauch, Erbsenstrauch, Gewöhnlicher Erbsenstrauch
hsb: Wulki hróšnik
Kazakh: Сары қараған
Lithuanian: Paprastoji karagana
Mongolian: Шар хуайс
myv: Акация, Ожо килькш чувто, Стругельник, Чувтонь кондямо морамо чувто
Norwegian Bokmål: Sibirertebusk
os: Цилик
Persian: نخود درختی
Polish: Karagana syberyjska, Akacja syberyjska, Akacja żółta, Grochodrzew syberyjski
Russian: Карагана древовидная, Акация желтая, Акация жёлтая, Гороховник, Желтая акация, Жёлтая акация, Чилига
Slovak: Karagana stromovitá
Swedish: Häckkaragan, Sibirisk ärtbuske
Tatar: Шилек, Сары сәрви агачы, Сәрви агачы
Ukrainian: Жовта акація деревна, Акація жовта, Жовта акація, Карагана дерев'яниста, Карагана деревовидна

Synonyms

Aspalathus arborescens Amman
Aspalathus caragana (L.) Kuntze
Aspalathus redowskii (DC.) Kuntze
Caragana altagana (Pall.) Poir.
Caragana altagana J.St.-Hil.
Caragana arborescens f. lorbergii Koehne
Caragana arborescens f. nana (H.Jaeger) Rehder
Caragana arborescens f. pendula (Carrière) Zabel
Caragana arborescens lus. acuta Kom.
Caragana arborescens lus. angustifolia Kom.
Caragana arborescens lus. obovata Kom.
Caragana arborescens var. dubia Kom.
Caragana arborescens var. fruticosa (Pall.) Kom.
Caragana arborescens var. marjanovii
Caragana arborescens var. nana H.Jaeger
Caragana arborescens var. pendula (Carrière) Hartwig & Rümpler
Caragana arborescens var. redowskii (DC.) Schübeler
Caragana caragana (L.) H.Karst.
Caragana caragana lus. pendula (Carrière) Asch. & Graebn.
Caragana fruticosa (Pall.) Besser
Caragana fruticosa (Pall.) Kom.
Caragana fruticosa var. multiflora H.Xie & Y.T.Zhao
Caragana inermis Moench
Caragana mongolica K.Koch
Caragana mongolioa K.Koch
Caragana pendula Carrière
Caragana redowskii DC.
Caragana sibirica Medik.
Caragana sophorifolia K.Koch
Robinia altagana Pall.
Robinia altagana L'Her.
Robinia altagana var. fruticosa Pall.
Robinia caragana L.
Robinia caragana var. altagana (Pall.) Sims
Robinia caragana var. arborea Sims
Robinia mongolica Sw. ex Besser
Robinia speciosa Sw. ex Besser

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Artem Abdukakharov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.