| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia ovata Rydb. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 32 (1901) |
| Native Range | wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2700-3800m |
| Description | leaves elliptic to ovate, 3-6cm, adaxially strigose, abaxially glabrous, acute, the basal shortly petiolate, flowers crowded in terminal head, corolla 10-13mm long |
| Size | 8-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |