• Family : Boraginaceae
  (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
• Basionym : Echinospermum canum Benth.
• Synonym(s) : Eritrichium afghanicum Rech.f.; Eritrichium sericeum Aitch.; Eritrichium strictum Decne.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eritrichium canum (Benth.) Kitam.
• Common name : Hoary Forget-Me-Not
• Habit : Perennial herb
• Habitat : Gravelly slopes, sandy river banks, rock ledges, screes, drier areas and marshes; 2400 - 5600 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Variable in the shape and size of leaves and degree of villosity of the plant parts.
• Key identification features : Appendages of nutlets c. 1 mm long. Irregular, united at the base
• Flower, Fruit : June-August
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
• Native : Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Afghanistan to Central Himalaya
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 179; Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 281
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Eritrichium canum. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.

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