《中国植物志》|| 豆科 LEGUMINOSAE ||矮锦鸡儿系 Ser. Pygmaeae Kom. ||变色锦鸡儿 Caragana versicolor Benth.

46. 变色锦鸡儿（中国主要植物图说•豆科）图版15：12-16
Caragana versicolor Benth. in Royle, Illustr. Bot. Himal. 198. t. 34 (2). 1839; Kom. in Acta Hort. Petrop. 29: 255. 1909; 中国主要植物图说•豆科332. 图324. 1955; 中国高等植物图鉴2: 407. 图2543. 1972; 西藏植物志2: 780. 图248 (1-7). 1985.
矮灌木，高20-80厘米。树皮褐色或深褐色常有条棱，有或无光泽，嫩枝疏被柔毛。叶假掌状或簇生有4片小叶；托叶披针状三角形或卵状三角形，先端具刺尖，长枝者宿存，长1-4毫米，短枝者脱落；叶柄在长枝者长5-10毫米，宿存，短枝上叶无柄；小叶狭披针形、倒卵状楔形或线形，长5-7毫米，宽1-1.5毫米，无毛。花梗长约5毫米，关节在基部，花萼长管状，长5-6毫米，宽约4毫米，萼齿三角形；花冠黄色，长11-12毫米，旗瓣近圆形，背面红褐色，瓣柄长约为瓣片的1/2，翼瓣先端圆钝，瓣柄短于瓣片，耳长约2毫米，龙骨瓣的瓣柄与瓣片近等长，耳长约1毫米。荚果长2-2.5厘米，宽3-4毫米，先端尖。花期5-6月，果期7-8月。
产四川南部、西藏、青海。生于海拔4500-4800米的砾石山坡、石砾河滩、灌丛。阿富汗、印度也有。模式标本采自喜马拉雅地区。

《Flora of China》|| Fabaceae || Caragana ||变色锦鸡儿 Caragana versicolor

48. Caragana versicolor Bentham in Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 198. 1835.

变色锦鸡儿 bian se jin ji er

Shrubs to 80 cm tall. Bark brown to dark brown. Stipule spines 1-4 mm on long branchlets. Leaves digitate, 4-foliolate; petiole 5-10 mm and persistent on long branchlets, absent on short branchlets; leaflet blades narrowly lanceolate, obovate-cuneate, or linear, 5-7 × 1-1.5 mm, green to grayish green, gla­brous. Flowers solitary. Pedicel ca. 5 mm, articulate basally. Ca­lyx tube tubular, 5-6 mm. Corolla yellow, 1.1-1.2 cm; standard suborbicular, abaxially reddish brown, claw ca. 1/2 as long as limb; wings with claw shorter than limb, auricle ca. 1/4 as long as claw; keel with claw ± as long as limb, auricle ca. 1 mm. Legume 2-2.5 cm, apex acute. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 16 + 2B, 18.

Rocky slopes, riversides, among shrubs; 3000-4900 m. Qinghai, W Sichuan, Xizang [Afghanistan, NW India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan; SW Asia].