| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Eritrichium villosum (Ledeb.) Bunge |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 531 (1835) |
| Native Range | ne. European Russia to Kamtschatka and w. Himalaya, Alaska |
| Primary Biome | Temperáte |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-3000m |
| Description | basal leaves sessile, oblong to oblanceolate, inflorescence racemose, 3-4cm, corolla campanulate-rotate, lobes oblong, limb 18-25mm across |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | blue, pale purple, yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Anchusa sericea (Benth.) Roem. & Schult. Anchusa villosa (Ledeb.) Roem. & Schult. Echinospermum sericeum Benth. Eritrichium basifixum C.B.Clarke Eritrichium kamtschaticum Kom. Eritrichium latifolium Rupr. Eritrichium nanum var. euvillosum Brand Eritrichium nanum ssp. villosum (Ledeb.) Brand Eritrichium villosum var. latifolium Trautv. Eritrichium villosum var. micranthum Kuvaev Eritrichium villosum var. parviflorum Regel Myosotis ciliata Turcz. ex Ledeb. Myosotis drabifolia Turcz. ex Steud. Myosotis multicaulis Turcz. Myosotis pectinata Turcz. Myosotis sibirica Nasaroff Myosotis villosa Ledeb. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |