| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Decalepidanthus parviflorus (Decne.) Dickoré & Hilger |
| Bibliography | Phytotaxa 226: 137 (2015) |
| Native Range | e. Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1800-3300m |
| Description | minutely hirsute, leaves linear-oblong, 6cm, flowers in dense, scorpioid raceme, corolla without scales in throat, sepals narrowly oblong |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | 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 spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Craniospermum parviflorum Decne. Decalepidanthus sericophyllus Riedl Mertensia exserta I.M.Johnst. Moltkia parviflora (Decne.) C.B.Clarke Pseudomertensia parviflora (Decne.) Riedl Pseudomertensia sericophylla (Riedl) Y.J.Nasir |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |