| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia secundorum Cockerell |
| Bibliography | Muhlenbergia 3: 68 (1907) |
| Native Range | Colorado to c. Wyoming |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1500-2500m |
| Description | leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2-8cm, on both faces strigose, flowers in elongate raceme, corolla 7-12mm |
| Size | 25-40cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mertensia clokeyi Osterh. Mertensia lanceolata var. secundorum (Cockerell) Cockerell Mertensia media Osterh. Mertensia micrantha A.Nelson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) |