| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia bakeri Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 90 (1899) |
| Native Range | Colorado |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2700-4000m |
| Description | leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, 3-7cm, on both faces strigose, flowers in cincinni, corolla 10-16mm long . |
| Size | 8-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| 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 | Mertensia bakeri var. amoena A.Nelson Mertensia bakeri var. lateriflora A.Nelson Mertensia bakeri var. osterhoutii L.O.Williams Mertensia bakeri var. subglabra J.F.Macbr. & Payson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |