Androsace sarmentosa subsp. primuloides (syn. Androsace studiosorum)- Amarnath Yatra

[J.M. Garg]

Herb on way from Amarnath cave (13,500 ft.) to Balatal base camp (9000 ft.), in J&K on 9.7.26 at around 10,500 ft. It was growing with other plants on a slope along the trek route.

It is quite confused with Androsace lanuginosa.

Keys from Flora of Pakistan:

14 (13)	Stolons leafy. Leaves dense appressed silky villous		8 Androsace lanuginosa
+	Stolons naked. Leaves villous, rarely silky-villous		(15)
15 (14)	Stolons 2-3 mm thick. Leaves ± loosely arranged, inner ones elliptic-cuneate or elliptic-ovate, 2-11.5 x 1.1-3.4 cm. Scape 5.5-22.5 cm long, (7-) 20-55-flowered		5 Androsace foliosa
+	Stolons 1.5 mm thick. Leaves ± compactly arranged, inner ones elliptic-lanceolate, 2-6.8 x 0.4-1.2 cm. Scape 4.5-15 cm long, 15-22-flowered		6 Androsace studiosorum

Pl. see leafy vs naked stolons in 
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=86757&flora_id=5
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=86755&flora_id=5
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With regards,
J.M.Garg, 
https://efloraofindia.com/