This species of *Saussurea* eluded me for long till I photographed it this year only. It is not a common *Saussurea*, even less common than *Saussurea obvallata*, the well known "Brahm Kamal" of Himalaya. Restricted to grassy slopes around 4000m altitude this species has grasslike leaves urning it the specific epithet 'graminifolia' and due to such leaves difficult to locate until in flowering. Prashant Ji, I still remember many floral beauties captured by you in that difficult terrain. Thanks for showing the flora of G.H.N.P. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Thursday, January 1, 2015 11:55:13 PM UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > Trekking in Himalayas is always exiting and adventurous. I had been on a > 10 days trekking expedition in "Great Himalayan Nationanl Park" (GHNP) in > Kullu region of Himachal Pradesh during Sepetember 2014. It was a great > experience. The maximum altitude reached during this trek was approximately > 4000m. > > Trek covered both the Tirthan valley and Sainj Valley and it was bit > strenuous at times. We started our trek from Village Ghusaini (near Sai > Ropa) and then camping at Rolla, Chodwar, Guntarao, Dhel, Bherad Nalla, > Shakti and finally at Sainj Ropa. > > Even though it was not a very good time for watching flora but still i > could find some new ones for me. > > While we were traversing a bit difficult slope en-route Dhel Pass, i was > greeted by this cute little mountain beauty > > * "Saussurea graminifolia". New find for me..* > > > *Saussurea graminifolia is my Flora Picture of the Year-2014. Also sharing > a habitat photo of this small herb..* > > *Regards* > > *Prashant* > > > > > * * > > > ** > > > > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
