| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mattiastrum shepardii (Post & Beauverd) Valdés |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 41: 312 (2011) |
| Native Range | s. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Cynoglossum shepardii (Post & Beauverd) Greuter & Burdet Paracaryum shepardii Post & Beauverd |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |