| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia viridis (A.Nelson) A.Nelson |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 244 (1899) |
| Native Range | n. Colorado to s. Wyoming |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Description | on on woody-based, stems glabrous, procumbent, leaves bright green, abaxially glabrous, basal numerical, 4-6cm, oblong to elliptic, thinly petiolate, stem leaves oblong, flowers |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mertensia alpina var. perplexa (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr. Mertensia lanceolata var. viridis A.Nelson Mertensia parryi Rydb. Mertensia perplexa Rydb. Mertensia viridula Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) |