| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Eriastrum densifolium (Benth.) H.Mason |
| Bibliography | Madrońo 8: 73 (1945) |
| Native Range | California to nw. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-2800m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves irregularly pinnate into linear, acute segments, 2-5cm long, flowers 10-20, in terminal heads, sepals acute, corolla crateriform |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Gilia densiflora (Benth.) Peterm. Gilia densifolia (Benth.) Benth. Gilia hugelia Steud. Hugelia densifolia Benth. Leptosiphon densiflorus Benth. Linanthus densiflorus Milliken Navarretia densifolia (Benth.) Kuntze Navarretia densifolia ssp. eudensifolia Brand Navarretia densifolia var. lanata Brand Welwitschia densifolia (Benth.) Tidestr. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |