VoF Week :: DV :: 02 AUG 12 - 1207 :: small shrub with tiny maroon flowers at Valley of Flowers

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Dinesh Valke

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Aug 21, 2012, 2:52:35 PM8/21/12
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Valley of Flowers
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


P1010831

P1010826   P1010829   P1010832
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Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 23, 2012, 3:53:10 PM8/23/12
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Any idea about leaf size?. If less than 2 cm may be Spiraea canescens.


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Dinesh Valke

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Aug 23, 2012, 3:59:46 PM8/23/12
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Gurcharan ji, it would be less than or just about 2 cm long leaf.
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Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 23, 2012, 4:04:28 PM8/23/12
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Then should be Spiraea canescens

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Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 23, 2012, 4:11:13 PM8/23/12
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Thank you very much, Gurcharan ji for the ID.
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Dinesh

Anil Thakur

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May 26, 2019, 10:37:13 AM5/26/19
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Garg ji, I think, It is not Spiraea canescens

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J.M. Garg

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Jun 12, 2019, 7:09:57 AM6/12/19
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On further scrutiny I feel it is closer to Spiraea canescens D. Don only as suggested by Gurcharan ji.

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