
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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Tube Lousewort - the botanical name siphonantha arises from siphon - tube, and anthus - flower. It probably refers to the abnormally long and narrow flower-tube and/or the upper petal which is strongly twisted into a tube. Tube Lousewort is a herb, 8-10 cm high, found in the Himalayas. Meconopsis horridula - Prickly Blue Poppy is the most bristly-haired species of all the Meconopsis species. Flowers are usually borne in a spike-like cluster of many light-blue to claret-colored, or occasionally white flowers, with narrow leaves with bristly spiny blades. Meconopsis paniculata - Panicled Yellow Poppy is a robust plant up to 2 m tall, with a long cylindric cluster of large yellow or occasionally white flowers which hang looking down. Leaves are lanceshaped in outline, densely golden-bristly-
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