Fabaceae

Littleleaf peashrub

Caragana microphylla Lam.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Caragana

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Littleleaf peashrub (Caragana microphylla) — Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: شجرة البزلة
Azerbaijani: Xırdayarpaq xostək
Chinese: 小叶锦鸡儿, 小葉錦鷄兒, 乌禾日一哈日嘎纳, 小叶锦鸡, 柠鸡儿, 阿拉他嘎纳, 雪里洼, 柠条
English: Littleleaf peashrub
German: Kleinblättriger Erbsenstrauch

Synonyms

Aspalathus microphyllus (Lam.) Kuntze
Caragana arenaria (Sims) Loudon
Caragana glomerata K.Koch
Caragana microphylla f. daurica Kom.
Caragana microphylla f. pallasiana Kom.
Caragana microphylla f. tomentosa Kom.
Caragana microphylla f. viridis Kom.
Caragana microphylla var. megalantha C.K.Schneid.
Caragana microphylla var. microphylla
Robinia caragana var. arenaria Sims
Robinia flexilis Salisb.
Robinia glomerata G.Nicholson
Robinia microphylla (Lam.) Pall.

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.