| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Rindera tetraspis Pall. |
| Bibliography | Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 486 (1777) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to Mongolia and nw. Afghanistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 500-1600m |
| Description | leaves long petiolate, oblong to lanceolate, 4-8cm long, glabrous, stem leaves shorter, sessile, inflorescence broadly paniculate, corolla 13-15mm long, glabrous |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Cynoglossum laevigatum L. Cynoglossum rindera Pall. Cynoglossum tetraspis (Pall.) Greuter & Burdet Mattia eriantha Ledeb. Mattia laevigata (L.) Schult. Mattia lanata var. punctata (DC.) Bornm. Mattia punctata DC. Rindera baldshuanica Kusn. Rindera corymbulosa K.Koch Rindera cyclodonta Bunge Rindera karabaghensis Brand Rindera laevigata Roem. & Schult. Rindera lanata var. pubescens (K.Koch) Kusn. Rindera lanata var. punctata (DC.) Kusn. Rindera pubescens K.Koch Rindera punctata (DC.) Bunge Rindera tetraspis var. angustifolia Kusn. Rindera tetraspis var. cordifolia Brand Rindera tetraspis var. subdenticulata Kusn. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |