| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Eritrichium spathulatum (Benth.) C.B.Clarke |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 164 (1883) |
| Native Range | Tibet to ne. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3600-5000m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, spathulate, 2-3cm, abaxially densely pubescent, adaxially subglabrous, obtuse, inflorescence few flowered, ramose, corolla campanulate-rotate, 7mm across |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cynoglosospermum spathulatum (Benth.) Kuntze Echinospermum spathulatum Benth. Eritrichium canum var. spathulatum (Benth.) Y.J.Nasir Eritrichium jacquemontii Decne. Eritrichium rupestre subvar. spathulatum (Benth.) Brand |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |