| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia pallasii (Ledeb.) G.Don |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 4: 319 (1837) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, green, cordate-orbiculate, 4-6cm, thin, inflorescence flattened, small, few flowered, corolla 15-18mm long |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | bright blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Lithospermum pallasii Ledeb. Steenhammera pallasii Turcz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |