| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Eritrichium nanum (L.) Gaudin |
| Bibliography | Fl. Helv. 2: 57 (1828) |
| Native Range | Alps |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 2500-3000m |
| Description | long sericeous-hirsute, leaves minute, sessile, linear or oblong, 5-10mm long, cincinni short, 3-6-flowered, flowers shortly pedicellate, sepals oblong, corolla 5-8mm across |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eritrichium hacquetii W.D.J.Koch Eritrichium nanum var. leiospermum Rouy Eritrichium tergloviense Endl. ex Putt. Lappula nana (L.) Caruel Myosotis exscapa Steud. Myosotis hacquetii (W.D.J.Koch) D.Dietr. Myosotis nana L. Myosotis pauciflora Vitm. Myosotis rupicola Mert. Myosotis tergloviensis Hacq. Omphalodes nana (L.) A.Gray |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |