| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Paracaryum rugulosum (DC.) Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 11: 129 (1849) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Arabian Peninsula and w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | sands |
| Description | stems densely white hirsute, basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, on base long attenuate, stem leaves linear, flowers in lax raceme, corolla minute |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | violet, purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Cynoglossum rugulosum (DC.) Greuter & Burdet Omphalodes myosotoides Fresen. Omphalodes rugulosa DC. Paracaryum rubriflorum Stocks Paracaryum rugulosum var. brevistylum Bornm. Picotia lithospermifolia Roem. & Schult. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |