| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Pterocephalus afghanicus (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient., Suppl.: 286 (1886) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 2100-3500m |
| Description | leaves crowded, small, green, minutely pubescent, subcarnose, linear-spathulate, entire to shortly lyrate-pinnatifid, floral heads subsessile |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | lilac |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Pterocephalus sarawschanicus Lipsky Scabiosa afghanica Aitch. & Hemsl. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |