Captivating Floral diversity of Valley of Flowers
Though we saw huge number of species and photographed most of them, we are displaying only a few. For want of retaining the length of this picture essay we decided to post the pictures and display the names alone . We find www.flowersofindia.net very useful for searching details about Indian flora and is by far the best online database for Indian wildflowers.
Showy Inula – Inula orientalis
Eyebright-Euphrasia himalayica
River beauty-Epilobium latifolium
Small leaved trailing bell flower-Cyananthus microphyllus
Himalayan Monkshood-Aconitum heterophyllum
Bladder campion-Silene vulgaris
Tube Lousewort – Pedicularis siphonantha
Brahma kamal – Saussurea obvallata
Hill geranium – Geranium collinum
Himalayan fleece flower – Polygonum affine
Violet dandelion – Lactuca macrorhiza
Fuzzy himalayan mint – Elsholtzia eriostachya
Himalayan daisy – Cremanthodium arnicoides
Horned Lousewort – Pedicularis bicornuta
Chinese Lady’s-Tresses – Spiranthes sinensis
Edelweiss – Leontopodium jacotianum
Mary Legge’s Balsam – Impatiens leggei
Moorcroft saxifrage – Saxifraga moorcroftiana
Snow Cinquefoil – Potentilla nivea
Not a flower ! But the leaves themselves are beautiful !
