| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Eritrichium nipponicum Makino |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 51 (1903) |
| Native Range | Sakhalin to n. & c. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1600-2800m |
| Description | basal leaves crowded, linear-lanceolate, 1-6cm, obtuse, sessile, entire, stem leaves alternate, smaller, hirsute, flowers in cyme, corolla rotate-campanulate, 8mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale blue, white |
| Bloom | 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 nipponicum var. albiflorum Koidz. Eritrichium nipponicum f. yesoense H.Hara Eritrichium sachalinense Popov Hackelia nipponica (Makino) Brand |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |