| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Arnebia euchroma (Royle ex Benth.) I.M.Johnst. |
| Bibliography | Contr. Gray Herb. 73: 49 (1924) |
| Native Range | Iran to Central Asia and w. Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-4800m |
| Description | leaves sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, 7-20cm, stem leaves smaller, cyme terminal, 2-6cm, many flowered, corolla tubular-campanulate, limb 6-10mm in diam., lobes ovate |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | dark purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Arnebia endochroma Aitch. Arnebia euchroma ssp. caespitosa Rech.f. & Riedl Arnebia perennis (Schrenk) A.DC. Arnebia tingens A.DC. Lithospermum cyanochroum Boiss. Lithospermum euchromon Royle ex Benth. Macrotomia cyanochroa Boiss. Macrotomia endochroma Hook.f. & Thomson ex G.Hend. & Hume Macrotomia euchromon (Royle ex Benth.) Paulsen Macrotomia oginoi Kitam. Macrotomia onosmoides Regel & Smirn. Macrotomia perennis (Schrenk) Boiss. Munbya cyanochroa Boiss. Munbya perennis (Schrenk) Boiss. Stenosolenium perenne Schrenk |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |