| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Craniospermum subvillosum Lehm. |
| Bibliography | Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 337 (1818) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands |
| Description | leaves lanceolate-spathulate, 5-10cm, obtuse, grey, adaxially setose, flowers in terminal capitate raceme, sessile, corolla 7mm long, lobes triangular, 1mm long |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | pinkish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Craniospermum echioides (Schrenk) Bunge Craniospermum hirsutum DC. Cynoglossum baicalense Pall. ex Roem. & Schult. Diploloma echioides Schrenk Echiospermum lappuloides Fisch. ex Herder Lycopsis vesicaria Pall. Solenanthus baicalensis (Pall. ex Roem. & Schult.) DC. & A.DC. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |