| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Smelowskia borealis (Greene) W.H.Drury & Rollins |
| Bibliography | Rhodora 54: 111 (1952) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 600-1700m |
| Description | basal leaves oblong to ovate, 5-20mm, shallowly lobate to pinnatilobate, lobes thin, acute, pubescent, inflorescence simple, petals 3-6mm long, orbiculate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | blue, purple |
| 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 spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acroschizocarpus kolianus Gombócz Christolea borealis (Greene) Jafri Ermania borealis (Greene) Hultén Melanidion boreale Greene Smelowskia borealis ssp. jordalii (W.H.Drury & Rollins) Cody Smelowskia borealis var. jordalii W.H.Drury & Rollins Smelowskia borealis var. koliana (Gombócz) W.H.Drury & Rollins Smelowskia borealis var. villosa W.H.Drury & Rollins |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |