P. candolii to me also. Often occur above 4000 m elevation. Strongly aromatic and with hollow stem.
DSRawat Pantnagar On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 10:20:23 AM UTC+5:30, ashwini wrote: > > On Friday and Saturday, I went out with a friend to Indrahar Pass (4300m) > to familiarise myself with the high-altitude flora. After camping on Friday > night at Snowline (3300m) and exploring the area we hiked early Saturday up > to the pass. We had to walk under steady rain and were soon wet despite our > raincoats and waterproofs. Photographing was even more tricky with lenses > fogging up regularly. I did manage to see a few new flowers and > photographed them as best as I could. I will return to the pass in the > coming days when the weather is drier but till then I am sharing what I > have from this walk. > > This *strongly aromatic herb* 'baan' is used by local shepherds as an > offering to gods. The person accompanying us collected a bunch to take back > with him for puja in the temple near Snowline. I think this is *Pleurospermum > candolii*. Please advise me if I am wrong. > > *Pleurospermum candolii*—'Baan' locally > Above Lahaish Cave towards Indrahar Pass, Dharamshala, HP > 3900m and above > 28-29 July 2017. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
