Appearance

Growth form

This deciduous shrub can reach about 6.5 ft (2 m).

Leaves

Each leaf has 10–20 leaflets, usually 0.4–0.8 in. (1–2 cm) long.

Flowers

Yellow flowers grow singly, or rarely in pairs.

Fruit

The flowers give way to narrow pods about 2.2 in. (5.5 cm) long.

Look-alikes

littleleaf peashrubCaragana microphylla

Compare several leaves: this shrub usually has leaflets 0.4–0.8 in. (1–2 cm) long, while littleleaf peashrub usually has leaflets 0.1–0.4 in. (3–10 mm) long. The sizes meet at the edges.

Why they get mixed up · Both have many small leaflets and yellow pea-shaped flowers.

Where it lives

Range

It is native to northeastern China, the Russian Far East, and northern Korea.

Name and classification

About the name

It was once treated as a form of littleleaf peashrub and called Caragana microphylla f. manshurica. It is now treated as a separate species.

Conservation

IUCN Red List

NENot Evaluated·Not yet assessed