| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia stylosa (Fisch.) DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 10: 91 (1846) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Kazakhstan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | basal leaves numerous, long thinly petiolate, ovate, pubescent, stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, cincinni compact, in fruit elongate, corolla 12-14mm |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | bluish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerinthodes stylosum (Fisch.) Kuntze Lithospermum stylosum Fisch. ex Turcz. Mertensia stylosa var. angustifolia Malyschev Pulmonaria stylosa Fisch. Steenhammera stylosa (Fisch.) Turcz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |