VoF Week :: DV :: 02 AUG 12 - 0137 :: small bellflower herb at Valley of Flowers

[Dinesh Valke]

2 AUG 12 Valley of Flowers ... about 11000 - 12000 ft

Dear friends, ID please. Habitat: sloping meadow Habit: erect herb, about 60 - 80 cm high; flower about 2 - 2.5 cm across

Regards. Dinesh

[manoj chandran]

Hai !

Polemonium coeruleum
Regards...

Manoj Chandran

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Polemonium coeruleum, another common Himalayan plant, more common in subalpine forest regions.

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Manoj ji and Gurcharan ji for the ID.
Regards.
Dinesh

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[Satish Phadke]

Dinesh ji
Great catch. The plant belongs to Polemoniaceae(Searched from wikipedia) Earlier thought of Papaveraceae.
Dr Satish Phadke

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[Balkar Singh]

Nice Shots Dinesh Ji. I think we skipped this plant

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Dinesh Valke]

Balkar ji, good chance of skipping - never got to see it again at any other place. Perhaps rarely occurring.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Tabish]

In June-July it is abundant. You were lucky to catch it in mid-August!
  - Tabish

[J.M. Garg]

I think it should be Polemonium caeruleum subsp. himalayanum as Polemonium caeruleum subsp. caeruleum is not reported from India as per Catalogue of life;

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Garg ji for ascertaining the ID to subspecies.

Updated my notes.

Regards.

Dinesh