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Podophyllum hexandrum or Himalayan Mayapple (bankakari) growing in the high Himalaya. This valuable medicinal plant produces podophyllin which is an important anti-cancer drug. This is also an ayurvedic drug from ancient India.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · flowers

Alpine meadows of upper Karshmir, India. Snow-melt streams arise from glaciers that have thick forests of Himalayan Birch growing at their bases.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

With scree in the background, and a tiny little moraine, a brave little Primula stuartii shows off its blooms! This flower was seen near Darwa Top, on the Dodital Trek and en route to Kharsali down the Hanuman Chatti-Yamunotri route, in the…

flowers · hills

Himalayan Blue Poppy: claimed by many flower, Himalaya and British enthusiasts to be the most beautiful flower in all the world! This is the Meconopsis aculeata, the more widespread and common form.

flowers · hills

A mixed alpine garden of Jacob's ladder, Allium or Spring Onion, Anemone obtusiloba, Pedicularis, Ranunculus and Dactylorhiza. Dactylorhiza hatagirea (as named by Necker), is a species of terrestrial (ground-based) orchid.

flowers · hills

Dandelion flowers burst forth, in Himalayan meadow. This flower must be one of the most widespread in terms of distribution and territory worldwide! Meanwhile, later in the clip, the meadow throws forth a profusion of Corydalis and Pedicula…

hills · flowers

Bistorta flowers in the Valley of Flowers or Bhyundar valley of the Uttarakhand Himalaya Wild Flowers at the higher mountains of the Himalayas Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

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Camellias are a commonly grown shrub in Himalayan hill station gardens and were first brought to India during British times. This tall shrub, almost a tree, grows in the hill-station town of Chakrata in Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

One of the smallest flowering Rhododendron shrubs - the talispatra, as seen above Dodital in May 1994, in Uttarakhand, India, at around 12, 500 feet altitude.

flowers · hills

A lovely alpine meadow, with mist rolling in! Monsoon magic in the high Himalaya, with Saussures and Bistorta flowering in Garhwal, near the shrine of Hemkund in the Valley of Flowers or Bhyundar valley region...

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Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range.

hills · flowers

Are these Caesium flowers that we saw in the Himalaya? Please help us identify them!

Uttarakhand·festival · livestock

Bistorta and other beautiful Himalayan summer alpine flowers, en route Roopkund Lake in Uttarakhand state of India. Pilgrims trudge up the steep rocky edges of the meadows, to head into the higher altitude and buggyals towards Rupkund.

hills · flowers

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and outstanding natural beauty. It is located in Uttarakhand state.

hills · flowers

Hibiscus syriacus flowering in the Kumaon region of the Himalaya, around Champawat and Abbott Mount.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Rupin Dang speaking about the Himalaya and his early experiences in the mountains, and discussing the flowers of Landour. See Cosmos, irises, crocus lilies, Dahlia, pine and deodar forests and more...

hills · flowers

The Anemone that is most often seen and trodden upon when you're trekking across a Himalayan alpine meadow in the early spring season! Common name: Blue Himalayan Anemone • Nepali: रतन जोत Ratan jot Botanical name: Anemone obtusiloba Fam…

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Anemone rupicola and Primula macrophylla - two of the most beautiful Himalayan flowers. NANDA DEVI by CHARLES S.

flowers · hills

Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum) Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and outstanding natural beauty. It is located in Uttarakhand state.

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Potentilla atrosanguinea and Anemone flowers in a Himalayan meadow, Kiarkuti, Harsil valley, Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

Webb's Rose is a common shrub rose, widely distributed, and growing from 1500 m to all the way to 4000 m. A shrub from 1-2 m high, with straight, slender, yellowish prickles. Leaflets 5-9, obvate or almost round, obtuse, grey-blue.

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Some of the most beautiful Himalayan flowers all in one clip! The Primula macrophylla that grows in wild and desolate high valleys, Stellera chamaejasme with its heady fragrance and Paraquilegia microphylla which is the wildest of all, choo…

hills · flowers

Alpine Forget-me-not or Myosotis alpestris in flower in Kashmir state, India. A softly-hairy perennial plant with dense clusters of blue flowers with yellow eyes, they grow in alpine meadows and rocky lands in the higher altitudes of betwee…