Prasantji, Good shots On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:19 PM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 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. > -- *Prabhu Kumar K M* Scientist Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division & 'CMPR' Herbarium Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram - 676 503, Kerala, India *E-mail: prabhumkris...@gmail.com <prabhumkris...@gmail.com>* -- 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.
