| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia franciscana A.Heller |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 549 (1899) |
| Native Range | Colorado to California and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | alluvial gravel |
| Altitude | 2000-3300m |
| Description | leaves adaxially scabrous, basal leaves long petiolate, ovate, 5-15cm long, sometimes absent, stem leaves similar, sessile, cincinnus many flowered, corolla 10-15mm long |
| Size | 40-90cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mertensia alba Rydb. Mertensia grandis Wooton & Standl. Mertensia pratensis f. alba (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |