Eritrichium
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| Eritrichium | |
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| Eritrichium canescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
| Genus: | Eritrichium Schrad. ex Gaudin |
| Type species | |
| Eritrichium nanum (L.) Schrad. ex Gaudin | |
| Species | |
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78 accepted species | |
Eritrichium (alpine forget-me-not) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. It contains 78 species.[1] Notable members include Eritrichium howardii and Eritrichium nanum.
Its native range stretches from temperate Eurasia, across Alaska to the western central U.S. It is found in Europe (within Austria, France, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and Yugoslavia), in Siberia, (within Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Krasnoyarsk and Tuva,) in Central Asia (within Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), in Western Asia (within Afghanistan, East Himalaya, Iran, Pakistan and West Himalaya), in China (within Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang,) in Eastern Asia (with Japan and Korea,) in Canada (within Northwest Territories and Yukon) and also in the U.S. (within Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming).[1]
It was first published in Fl. Helv. vol.2 on page 57 in 1828.[1]
