On further scrutiny I feel it is closer to *Spiraea canescens* D. Don <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rosaceae/spiraea/spiraea-canescens> only as suggested by Gurcharan ji.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 at 00:22 Subject: [efloraofindia:125316] VoF Week :: DV :: 02 AUG 12 - 1207 :: small shrub with tiny maroon flowers at Valley of Flowers To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> [image: Valley of Flowers] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7795632618%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfiscXcV1ezkljkoVaSBkd-7VO2FQ> 2 AUG 12 Valley of Flowers ... about 11000 - 12000 ft ------------------------------ Dear friends, ID please. *Habitat*: sloping meadow *Habit*: small shrub, about 50 - 70 cm high, tiny flower: about 3 - 5 mm across [image: P1010831] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7832648346%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc3nl3z5cfuhMbk6VhCp6t6ZICkKQ> [image: P1010826] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7832663102%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze9olmYsPThKZYMwl6kT47EHc_7kQ> [image: P1010829] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7832656060%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdZ5rVwfaER9n74kZd-mqyYYuHVbQ> [image: P1010832] <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7832641484%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdhceEJzDRPGkmElplRQrE_a4yQrg> Regards. Dinesh -- -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFAqZJczg2touVBH79uDskrMTbqAZjP4Z%2Bnr4rkx41BYTQ%40mail.gmail.com.

