Pale Alpine Forget-me-not Eritrichium argenteum Borage family (Boraginaceae)
Pale Forget-me-not is a favorite of many folks who walk to the zone. They are delicately minute plants and so very attractive with very hairs and magnificent blue flowers. Although the plants may all look the same, a hands and knees look will show that flowers are of two different sizes on the same plants. Further, some plants contain flowers and some . The plant is found through all of the central Colorado Rockies and East Slope, but it is found infrequently on the West slope.
Mat forming hairy plants to about 2" tall. Leaves about 1/4" long, narrow, closely overlapping, very long hairy especially on the margins and tips. Flower clusters compact when among the leaves or sometimes elongated to about 2 1/2". Flowers are funnel-shaped, bright blue (sometimes white or purple), the crests in the are hairy. a smooth .
