| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Decalepidanthus echioides (Royle ex Benth.) Dickoré & Hilger |
| Bibliography | Phytotaxa 226: 134 (2015) |
| Native Range | e. Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2500-4000m |
| Description | leaves alternate, softly hirsute, spathulate, obtuse, petiolate, green, flowers in compact, terminal, semipendant raceme, corolla pentamerous, infundibuliform |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 | Eritrichium secundiflorum (Jacquem ex Decne.) A.DC. Lindelofia lahulensis Brand Lithospermum echioides Royle ex Benth. Lithospermum secundiflorum Jacquem. ex Decne. Mertensia chitralensis Riedl Mertensia echioides (Royle ex Benth.) C.B.Clarke Mertensia efornicata Rech.f. & Riedl Mertensia primuloides var. tanneri C.B.Clarke Mertensia secundiflora (Jacquem. ex Decne.) Brand Mertensia strigosa Mech. Pseudomertensia anjumae Kazmi Pseudomertensia chitralensis (Riedl) Riedl Pseudomertensia echioides (Royle ex Benth.) Riedl Pseudomertensia echioides var. lahulensis (Brand) Kazmi Pseudomertensia efornicata (Rech.f. & Riedl) Riedl Pseudomertensia lahulensis (Brand) Aswal Pseudomertensia moltkioides var. tanneri (C.B.Clarke) R.R.Stewart & Kazmi |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |