| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Eritrichium canum (Benth.) Kitam. |
| Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 19: 103 (1963) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 2400-5600m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, narrowly lanceolate, 5-8cm, densely white hirsute, acute, inflorescence corymbose, many flowered, corolla campanulate-rotate, throat yellow or orange |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | light blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Echinospermum canum Benth. Eritrichium afghanicum Rech.f. Eritrichium sericeum Aitch. Eritrichium strictum Decne. Eritrichium strictum var. thomsonii C.B.Clarke |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |
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