| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia serrulata (Turcz.) DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 10: 89 (1846) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | alluvial gravel |
| Description | basal leaves 3-5cm, thin, long petiolate, ovate, glabrous, stem leaves larger, sessile, amplexicaule, ovate, obtuse, flowers in subumbellate cincinnus, corolla 8-10mm long |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerinthodes serrulatum (Turcz.) Kuntze Lithospermum serrulatum Turcz. Steenhammera serrulata (Turcz.) Turcz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya) |