| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Eritrichium aretioides (Cham.) DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 10: 114, 125 (1846) |
| Native Range | n. Russian Far East to Subarctic America |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | leaves linear-oblong, 3-7mm, sessile, densely grey lanate, flowers 1-3, shortly pedicellate, amongst leaves, calyx lobes linear, lanate, limb 5-6mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | bright blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eritrichium nanum var. aretioides (Cham.) Herder Myosotis aretioides Cham. Omphalodes nana var. aretioides (Cham.) A.Gray Oreocarya pulvinata A.Nelson |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |