| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Eritrichium argenteum W.Wight |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 411 (1902) |
| Native Range | Washington to Utah and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | stems loosely sericeous, lower leaves densely imbricate, oblanceolate or oblong, stem leaves linear-lanceolate, sericeous lanate, corolla infundibuliform, 4-6mm across |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | bright 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 aretioides var. elongatum Rydb. Eritrichium argenteum f. albiflorum Cockerell Eritrichium elongatum (Rydb.) W.Wight Eritrichium elongatum var. argenteum (W.Wight) I.M.Johnst. Eritrichium elongatum var. paysonii I.M.Johnst. Eritrichium nanum var. argenteum (W.Wight) I.M.Johnst. Eritrichium nanum f. argenteum (W.Wight) Brand Eritrichium nanum var. elongatum (Rydb.) Cronquist |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |