
Plastic waste dumped across a green Himalayan hillside
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A large accumulation of plastic waste and other discarded materials is visible on a grassy hillside in the Himalayan region of India.
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Potentilla atrosanguinea, commonly known as Himalayan cinquefoil or ruby cinquefoil, is a vigorous herbaceous perennial of the rose family that typically grows in spreading mounds to 18-30” tall. It is native to mountain slopes at lower elevations in the Himalayas. Each plant features a clump of long-stalked, palmate, basal leaves, with each leaf being divided into 3 finger-like, long-petioled, oblong-lanceolate, serrate-dentate, glossy dark green leaflets (to 1.5” long) which are white-tomentose below. Five-petaled, rose-like, ruby red flowers (3/4” across) bloom in spring (late April - June) in loose clusters (2-5 flowered apical cymes) which rise above the foliage to 30” tall. Modest repeat bloom in fall may occur. Genus name comes from the Latin word potens meaning powerful in referenc
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