Wild Herb captured on 13/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around 11,000 ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.).
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Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
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Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
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Dehradun - 248001, India
Pankaj
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1. Flower heads in terminal spike like structure
Includes - retusum, hookerii, arnicoides.
2. Flower heads solitary.
Includes - renforme, decaisnei,purpureifolium, ellisii, oblongatum,
nepalense, nanum.
Regards
Pankaj
Thanks, Singh ji, Pankaj ji & Prashant ji.
In that case, I think it matches with Cremanthodium arnicoides details in Concise Flowers of Himalayas by Oleg Polunin & Adam Stainton.