| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia maritima (L.) S.F.Gray |
| Bibliography | Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 354 (1822) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | leaves subcarnose, ovate, spathulate, obtuse or acute, 2-10cm, glaucous, inflorescence lax, flowers pedicellate, corolla 2-5mm long and 2-4mm wide |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | sky blue |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Casselia maritima (L.) Dumort. Casselia parviflora Dumort Cerinthoides maritimum (L.) Kuntze Hippoglossum maritimum (L.) Hartm. Lithospermum maritimum (L.) Lehm. Lithospermum simplicissimum Lehm. Mertensia maritima f. albiflora Fernald Mertensia parviflora G.Don Pneumaria maritima (L.) Hill Pulmonaria maritima L. Pulmonaria parviflora Michx. Pulmonaria procumbens Stokes Steenhammera maritima (L.) Rchb. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, NWH New Hampshire) |