| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia parvifolia (L.O.Williams) Nazaire & L.Hufford |
| Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 36: 299 (2014) |
| Native Range | Colorado |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2900-3600m |
| Description | leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 1-5cm, adaxially strigose, abaxially glabrous, the basal shortly petiolate, flowers crowded in terminal head, corolla 7-11mm long |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Mertensia viridis var. parvifolia L.O.Williams |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |