| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum (L.) Holub |
| Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8(2): 165 (1973) |
| Native Range | Europe to n. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 100-1200m |
| Description | hirsute, leaves lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, acute, flowers 14-19mm long in small fascicles apically on stem, nutlets shiny, white |
| Size | 30-40cm |
| Color | blue, purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aegonychon repens S.F.Gray Buglossoides purpurocaerulea (L.) I.M.Johnst. Lithospermum caeruleum Gueldenst. Lithospermum longiflorum Salisb. Lithospermum lucanum N.Terracc. Lithospermum pumilum Lehm. Lithospermum purpurascens Gueldenst. Lithospermum purpureum Gueldenst. Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum L. Lithospermum repens Stokes Lithospermum violaceum Lam. Margarospermum purpurocaeruleum (L.) Opiz Myosotis fruticosa Haenke Rhytidospermum purpurocaeruleum (L.) Link |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |