| Family | APOCYNACEAE |
| Genus species | Vinca erecta Regel & Schmalh. trib. Vinceae |
| Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 330 (1879) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to ne. Afghanistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | leaves sessile, entire, the lower opposite, ovate, obtuse, the upper alternate, acuminate, lanceolate, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe division in early spring and in fall |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |