| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia brevistyla S.Watson |
| Bibliography | Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 239 (1871) |
| Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1500-3300m |
| Description | stem glabrous, leaves rigid, adaxially strigose, oblong or lower leaves lanceolate, flowers in raceme, calyx lobes lanceolate, hirsute, corolla 7-8mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mertensia alpina var. brevistyla (S.Watson) M.E.Jones Mertensia congesta Greene Mertensia fusiformis Greene Mertensia papillosa var. fusiformis (Greene) A.Nelson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |