Eritrichium villosum, (Ledeb.) Bunge

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 117

3. E. villosum (Ledeb.) Bunge , Mém. Sav. Étr. Pétersb. 2: 531 (1835).

Densely caespitose, grey with appressed, often sparse hairs. Stems 1-15 cm, simple, from a branched, woody stock. Leaves 10-20x4-8 mm, oblong to oblanceolate. Inflorescence usually simple, with 3-6 flowers; pedicels 1-3 mm. Calyx 2-3 mm, scarcely accrescent. Corolla 1-5-5 mm; limb (3-)5- 8 mm in diameter, violet, becoming bright blue. Nutlets 1-1-3 x c. 2 mm, obovoid-turbinate; upper surface smooth or minutely tuberculate, shortly hairy; margin with a narrow, denticulate wing; sides making an acute angle at the point of attachment of the nutlet. Gravelly places, rocks and sandy seashores. Arctic Russia. Rs (N). (N. Asia.)