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Eritrichium howardii
Also called Howard’s Alpine Forget Me Not
Eritrichium howardii, or Howard's alpine forget-me-not, is a rare flowering plant found in the Rocky Mountains area, most notably in Wyoming and Montana. It is a light blue to purplish five-petaled flower with a yellow ring in the middle.
Eritrichium howardii is found in the Rocky Mountain area. It is not a well-studied species, and most information about its distribution comes from informal sightings rather than surveys. The Eritrichium genus is widely distributed through Eurasia, but only three species are found in North America, including E. howardii. Eritrichum howardii’s range lies within the Yellowstone Highlands and Bighorn Mountains sections of the Southern Rocky Mountain Steppe-Open Woodland-Coniferous Forest-Alpine Meadow Province.
Arctic alpine forget-me-not · Alpine forget-me-not · Sauria akkolia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eritrichium howardii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
