Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Eritrichium pectinatum (Pall.) DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 10: 127 (1846) |
Native Range | e. Europe to c. Siberia and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | basal leaves spathulate, 1-2cm, acute, with distinct midrib, inflorescence racemose, corolla 6-8mm across, rotate, lobes ovate-orbiculate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Eritrichium ciliatum (Rudolph) DC. Eritrichium rupestre var. pectinatum (Pall.) Brand Myosotis ciliata Rudolph Myosotis pectinata Pall. |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 37 Mongolia |