| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Caccinia macranthera (Banks & Sol.) Brand |
| Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 252: 90 (1921) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to s. & e. Turkey and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | glaucous, carnose, leaves oblong, lanceolate, adaxially white tuberculate, bracts broadly lanceolate, inflorescence paniculate, corolla lobes elliptic-linear, acute |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | biennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Borago macranthera Banks & Sol. Caccinia macranthera var. eumacranthera Brand Caccinia russellii Boiss. Cynoglossum longiflorum Lehm. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |