| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Eritrichium howardii (A.Gray) Rydb. |
| Bibliography | Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 327 (1900) |
| Native Range | Montana to Wyoming |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves linear-oblanceolate to linear-elliptic, acuminate, to 2cm long, silvery setose, scabrous hirsute, limb 5-9mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| 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 | Cynoglossum howardii A.Gray Omphalodes howardii (A.Gray) A.Gray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |