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The Meadow Cranesbill of the high Himalaya. A glorious view along the Jallandhi Garh torrent in the mountains above Harsil in Uttarakhand, on a Wilderness Films India flower and wildlife expedition.

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Fields of flowers! Iris kemaonensis plants blossom along the Kiarkoti meadow, even as thousands of Adrosace sarmentosa flower en route the glaciated Lamkhaga Pass that takes one from Uttarakhand and into Himachal Pradesh.

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Cicadas calling in the backdrop of this Sikkim forest, the Himalayan Holly blooms in grandeur with a bee pollinating the flowers of this shrub, also known in Latin as Mahonia napaulensis.

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Bristletips is a shrub to 2 m tall, with spreading, drooping branches. Leaves are elliptic acute, with 5-7 prominent parallel veins and numerous fine cross veins. Leaves have rusty star-shaped hairs beneath.

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Seeding seed pods of the Agapanthus lily growing around Champawat, Kumaon, India. Agapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales.

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Thymus linearis or wild ajwain, is a wild Himalayan flowering herb plant that grows close to the ground in the middle altitudes.

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One of the most beautiful flowers of the Himalaya and trans-Himalaya, this Gentian grows on vast desolate plateaux as well as on high altitude wind-swept meadows.

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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.

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See the lovely spread of shrub Rhododendrons flowering in north Sikkim! Meconopsis horridula is anything but horrid - one of the most beautiful and rare Himalayan flowers, it can be seen flowering here in the upper reaches of north Sikkim,…

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A multitude of flowering Rhododendron shrubs, of different species, light up the slopes of upper north Sikkim, in the month of June.

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A multitude of flowering Rhododendron shrubs, of different species, light up the slopes of upper north Sikkim, in the month of June.

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Saussurea obvallata is a species of flowering plant native to the Himalayas and Uttarakhand, India, Northern Burma and South-West China. In Himalayas, it is found at an altitude of around 4500 m. It is the state flower of Uttarakhand.

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Seen in a high altitude meadow in North Sikkim, in the month of June, this prolific growth of Primula dickieana blossom is a rare sight for a Primula enthusiast! Most often seen flowing from June to August at altitudes ranging from 4000 to…

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Seen in a high altitude meadow in North Sikkim, in the month of June, this prolific growth of Primula dickieana blossom is a rare sight for a Primula enthusiast! Most often seen flowing from June to August at altitudes ranging from 4000 to…

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Himalayan Thyme is a small aromtic shrublet, about 15-30 cm high, with many tiny oblong leaves and delicate little whorls of pink-purple flowers growing in fairly dense clusters, occasionally crowding over the leaves.

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Gaultheria trichophylla, commonly known as Himalayan snowberry, is a species of plant in the heath and heather family, native to the Himalayas.

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A very graceful and elegant plant flowering near a stream in Nandadevi sanctuary. Rock Anemone is a perennial herb characterised by large showy, white flowers, which are sometimes pinkish on the underside, 4-7 cm across.

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Buttercups or Ranunculaceae in the high altitude meadows of Kashmir. Softly Hairy Buttercup is a small erect or spreading herb, usually 6-15 cm high. Base leaves are rounded and deeply cut into broad lobes.

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Calceolaria tripartita or Slipper Flower is a small and showy annual with divided leaves and spikes of puffy, pale yellow flowers. Flowers are about 1 cm or more, long-stalked, in branched leafy clusters.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Beautiful apricot blossoms in Landour, Uttarakhand. An apricot is a fruit or the tree that bears the fruit.

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Large Bell Flower(Campanula latifola) in the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand Campanula latifolia is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.5 m (5ft) by 0.5 m (1ft 8in). It is hardy to zone (UK) 3 and is not frost tender.

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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.

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It's spring time and it's flowering season for the much loved mango trees. The trees will bear fruit in the days to come. Reddish leaves of a mango tree look extremely beautiful.