Thank you Dr Rawat. It was approximately 4000m here too, perhaps a little lower but commoner at 4000 and above. What is the plant called in your area? Is it collected for prayers too?
Best regards, Ashwini On 1 August 2017 at 18:59, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Rawat ji. > > On 01-Aug-2017 1:48 PM, "D.S Rawat" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- 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.
