Altitude as my altimeter read:
Joshimath 1870 mtr
Govindghat 1780 mtr
Ghangharia 3000 mtr
Valley of flowers 3360 mtr
Hemkund Sahib 4340 mtr
Badrinath 3090 mtr
This is ANEMONE TETRASEPALA
BISTORTA AFFINIS
BRAHMA KAMALA ( SAUSSUREA OBVALLATA)
Unknown to me. A tiny few mm in size.
Unknown to me. A tiny few mm in size.
NEPATA LEAVIGATA
BERBERIS ARISTATIA Indian Barberry. Sweet and sour in taste when ripe.
Himalayan Teasel. (DIPSACUS INERMIS)
Himalayan Teasel. (DIPSACUS INERMIS)
A small flower, few mm in size. Meadow Rue. (THALICTRUM CULTRATUM)
ANEMONE VITIFOLIA 25 MM IN DIA
ANEMONE VITIFOLIA 25 MM IN DIA
Very small sized flower, 3 mm
Very small may be 4 mm , very special flower. Just two petals and yellow stamen (anther and filament)
COLQUHOUNIA COCCINEA. Himalayan Mint Shrubb
ERYSIMUM HIERACIIFOLIUM
Dog Flower also called Chaul, Kwal. IMPATIENS SULCATA. It comes with pink, yellow, white and different sizes too
SILENE INDICA ( Caryophyllaceae) Indian campion. An edible plant.
LIGULARIA AMPLEXIACAULIS.
CREMANTHODIUM ARNICOIDES Himalayan Daisy
GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM
Laljar, Ratanjot, Kaphalya. Roots of the plant are used in treatment of ear and eyes diseases. Dye is made from the plant. In Nepal whole plant is used in treatment of rheumatic pains and to clot bleeding. In India roots are used to treat tooth ache
CODONOPSIS ROTUNDIFOLIA. Roundleaf bell flower.
PHLOMIS BRACTEOSA
MORINA LONGFOLIA Biskanakara. Beautiful flower, but thorny plantlet.
Very special flower set. Looks almost black in color. Very small. This is quite blown up picture.
CYANANTHUS LOBATUS. Trailing Bellflower
PHLOMIS BRACTEOSA
VAJRADANTI. (POTENTILLA)
Himalayan Cinquefoil.
people take this flower as tea for treatment of diarrhea.
ASTER DIPLOSTEPHIOIDES. Creeping Aster
ANAPHALIS ROYLEANA
ASTER ALBESCENS
SELINUM WALLICHIANUM. Bhuktesi. Milk Parsley
Below is trek route to Vasudhara water fall. In the begining of this trek route we cross river saraswati. This is the route which Pandavas with Draupadi trudged on their last journey several thousand years back.