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Eritrichium (From erion wool and thrix)

(from erion, wool, and thrix, trichos, hair; plants woolly). ORD. Boragineae. A rather large genus of handsome dwarf annual or perennial herbaceous plants, widely dispersed throughout the temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere; a few come from South Africa and Australia. The species here given is the one most generally known. Like many other beautiful plants which grow at considerable elevations, it is difficult to keep alive long; it requires a thoroughly well-drained spot on the rockery, where it would alway be moist. Increased by seeds, or by divisions.

E. nanum (dwarf). fl. brilliant sky-blue, with a yellowish eye, not unlike those of Myosotis alpestris, but larger. Summer. l. linear-obovate, covered with long silky-white hairs. h. 2in. to 3in. Alps, 1869. It has been enthusiastically termed the Glory of the Alpine Flora. (B. M. 5853.)