小冠花是一种多年生豆科植物,具有强大的生命力,能耐干旱严寒,又几乎不生任何疾病。它具有粗壮的根茎,在根节上大量生长穿透力很强的根枝,根系长度有时超过10英尺。因此,一枝小冠花本株在三、四年内可能覆盖75～100平方英尺的坡面,使坡面铺上一片完整的绿色植被层。有些地方小冠花于六月至八月间在伞形花序上开出粉红或紫红色的茂密花簇,鲜艳夺目。 Small crown of flowers is a perennial leguminous plants, with strong vitality, drought-tolerant drought, and almost no health problems. It has stout rhizomes, large numbers of highly penetrating roots growing on the root nodes, and the length of the root system sometimes exceeds 10 feet. Therefore, a small crown of the plant in three or four years may cover 75 ~ 100 square feet of slope, the slope covered with a complete green vegetation layer. In some areas, small crown flowers bloom in pink or purplish red flowers on the umbels between June and August.