| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Mertensia davurica (Sims) G.Don |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 4: 318 (1837) |
| Native Range | Siberia to nc. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | basal leaves crowded, long petiolate, oblong, stem leaves 3-4, sessile, lanceolate, inflorescence branched, corolla 12-22mm long, glabrous |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Casselia davurica (Sims) Dumort. Casselia gracilis Dumort. Cerinthoides davuricum (Sims) Kuntze Lithospermum davuricum (Sims) Lehm. Mertensia davurica var. ochroleuca (Ikonn.-Gal.) Gubanov Mertensia ochroleuca Ikonn.-Gal. Pulmonaria amoena Steven ex Lehm. Pulmonaria armena Schrank Pulmonaria davurica Sims Pulmonaria gracilis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Steenhammera davurica (Sims) Turcz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 36 China (CHN China North-Central) 37 Mongolia |