''Eritrichium nanum'', the arctic alpine forget-me-not or king-of-the-Alps, is a circumpolar alpine cushion plant which occurs in the North American

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as well as the European

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. It grows at elevations of 10,000 feet in an environment of acid rocks, snow gullies and receding glaciers.

References

Eritrichium nanum, King of the Alps
Boraginoideae Alpine flora Flora of the Alps Flora of the Carpathians {{Asterid-stub