Thermopsis alpina (Pallas) Ledeb. grows on highland meadows in the mountains of Soth Siberia and Central Asia.

A subalpine meadow on an ancient glacial moraine in the Kora River headwaters, 3000 m above sea level, 20 km ENE Tekeli, te Northern Dzhungarian Alatau Mt. Chain, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan, 18th June 1993.

O. Kosterin.