| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Moltkia petraea (Tratt.) Griseb. |
| Bibliography | Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 515 (1846) |
| Native Range | Balkan Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-2000m |
| Description | grey sericeous, densely leafy, lower leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, upper leaves linear, smaller, flowers in dense head, calyx lobes linear, corolla obconical |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Echium petraeum Tratt. Echium rosmarinifolium Vahl Lithospermum petraeum (Tratt.) A.DC. Lithospermum rosmarinifolium (Vahl) Rchb. Lobostemon rosmarinifolius (Vahl) DC. & A.DC. Moltkia petraea f. linearifolia H.Lindb. Moltkia petraea f. oblongifolia H.Lindb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |