| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia sibirica (L.) G.Don |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 4: 319 (1837) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Siberia, nc. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 500-2500m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate to ovate-oblong, to 20cm long, carnose, glaucous, acuminate, inflorescence paniculate, 6-8cm long, corolla ca. 14mm, lobes broadly ovate, obtuse |
| Size | 30-50cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Casselia bracteata Dumort. Casselia denticulata Dumort. Casselia sibirica (L.) Dumort. Cerinthodes sibiricum (L.) Kuntze Lithospermum denticulatum Lehm. Lithospermum sibiricum (L.) Lehm. Mertensia bracteata (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kamelin Mertensia denticulata (Lehm.) G.Don Mertensia jenisseensis Popov Mertensia symphytoides Greene Pneumaria sibirica (L.) Hill Pulmonaria bracteata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Pulmonaria denticulata Roem. & Schult. Pulmonaria sibirica L. Steenhammera sibirica (L.) Turcz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 36 China (CHN China North-Central) |