Thanks, Swapna ji. It appears to be *Aquilegia pubiflora* (*Himalayan Columbine, Hairy-flowered Columbine*) as per Concise Flowers of the Himalaya & as per links: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Columbine.html (FOI), http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/lindman/176.jpg http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242420463 2009/6/21 Swapna Prabhu <[email protected]>
> You are right, Susmita, its Aquilegia sp. > > Cheers, > > -Swapna. > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Found this growing near streams, natural nallahs in Alchi and Suru Valley >> - both western Ladakh - at least west of Leh. Is this a Columbine sp? >> >> Would be grateful for your help with the ID. >> Thank you. >> Sushmita Jha >> >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Swapna Prabhu > Systematic Botanist/ Taxonomist > Bombay Natural History Society > Hornbil House, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg > Dr. Salim Ali Chawk > Mumbai - 400 001. > India. > > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

