Sophora alopecuroides is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the steppes and desert margins of Eurasia. A perennial shrub reaching , it is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Subtaxa The following varieties are accepted:
Sophora alopecuroides var. alopecuroides – Crimea, eastern and southern European Russia, Transcaucasus, Altai, western and central Asia, Pakistan, western Himalayas, Mongolia, and China (except south-central and Manchuria), and introduced to Ukraine, western Siberia Sophora alopecuroides var. tomentosa – Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang
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