| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Caccinia crassifolia (Vent.) Kuntze |
| Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 212 (1887) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to e. Turkey and w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | glaucous, stems densely leafy, leaves linear to lanceolate, 7-20cm, obtuse or acute, cincinni axillary and terminal, few-flowered, tube of corolla 15-18mm |
| Size | 10-45cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Anisanthera ciliata Raf. Borago crassifolia Vent. Caccinia celsii Boiss. Caccinia crassifolia var. echinata Popov Caccinia crassifolia f. linearifolia Kuntze Caccinia crassifolia f. normalis Kuntze Caccinia crassifolia f. obtusifolia Popov Caccinia crassifolia f. persica Popov Caccinia glauca Savi Caccinia glauca var. rauwolfii (K.Koch) Trautv. Caccinia glauca var. typica Trautv. Caccinia macranthera var. crassifolia (Vent.) Brand Caccinia macranthera var. glauca (Savi) Govaerts Caccinia macranthera f. linearifolia (Kuntze) Brand Caccinia macranthera f. normalis Brand Caccinia rauwolfii K.Koch Caccinia turkestanica Gand. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |