| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Aphragmus involucratus (Bunge) O.E.Schulz |
| Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 105(86): 198 (1924) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Description | leaves petiolate, oblong, entire, pubescent, upper stem leaves crowded below racemose inflorescence, siliques narrowly elliptic |
| Size | 2-5cm |
| Color | lilac |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aphragmus altaicus Bunge ex N.Busch Braya involucrata (Bunge) Ledeb. Hesperis involucrata (Bunge) Kuntze Oreas involucrata (Bunge) Cham. & Schltdl. Orobium altaicum Bunge ex O.E.Schulz Platypetalum involucratum Bunge |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |