Appearance

Growth form

This deciduous shrub can reach about 6–10 ft (2–3 m).

Leaves

Its leaflets are only about 0.1–0.4 in. (3–10 mm) long. Short spines occur at the leaf bases.

Flowers

Single yellow flowers appear among the leaves.

Fruit

The fruit is a slender pod about 1.6–2 in. (4–5 cm) long.

Look-alikes

Chinese peashrubCaragana sinica

Count the leaflets. Littleleaf peashrub has 10–20 tiny leaflets per leaf; Chinese peashrub has just four.

Why they get mixed up · Both are shrubs with yellow pea-shaped flowers.

Where it lives

Range

It is native to Siberia, Mongolia, northeastern China, and northern Korea.

Conservation

IUCN Red List

NENot Evaluated·Not yet assessed