| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mattiastrum shepardii (Post & Beauverd) Valdés |
| Synonyms | Paracaryum shepardii Post & Beauverd |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1500-1600m |
| Description | densely white lanate-tomentose, basal leaves broadly elliptic, 2-4cm, obtuse, mucronulate, stem leaves linear, subamplexicaule, 1-2cm, corolla 5-6mm, lobes short, obtuse |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | blue-purple |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | BORAGINACEAE
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