Roots thickened. Flowering stems 30-80 cm. Basal leaves semicircular in outline, dark green, deeply 5-lobed. Stem leaves dissected, lobes narrow. Flowers few in loose racemes, butterfly-shaped, with horizontal spur, yellow. Nectaries 1.5-2.5 cm diam. V - mid spring to mid autumn. Fl - May. Fr - June, in the wild. In St. Petersburg fl - June, fr - August. P - by seed. Can grow in full sun and in semi-shade. Requires a rich moist soil. Z 6 (5). New.

Central Asia (mountains Kyurendag, Kopet-Dag). On rocky slopes.