I need to identify the following high altitude wetlands flora of North East India.
Image 12: It could be Rhododendron aeruginosum Hook. f. of Ericaceae family.
Image 2: It looks Phlomoides rotata (Benth. ex Hook.f.) Mathiesen of Lamiaceae family.
Image 12: It could be Rhododendron aeruginosum Hook. f. of Ericaceae family.
Image 7568 is a Carex species, it will not be identifiable to species based on this photo.
Image 7569 I do not know.
Images 7584 & 7585 are an Oxytropis species.
Image 7652, another (different) Oxytropis species.
Image 7671 looks like frost heaving of an alpine/subalpine meadow, dominated by Carex species.
Image 7683 looks like a third Oxytropis species.
Image 7684 looks like a Primula species.
Image 7737: Rhododendron species.
Image 7859: A second Rhododendron species.
Image 7860: A Rhododendron species, agree with Rhododendron aeruginosum.
Image 7889: Hard to be sure without leaves, it reminds me of Anemone but it appears there are none in India?
Last image: Definitely a lichen, agree with X. elegans.
Image 3 & 4: Both belongs to Fabaceae family. Most probably Astragalus or Oxytropis, but without reproductive structures it is difficult to identify these plants.
Arvind Singh, Michael Rudy and Stefan Gey
Thank you so much for all your help in identifying many of the species.Will try to post better pictures so as to confirm the species Arvind Singh Michael Rudy
Hello Ridhi, maybe you can try the following link if you don't have access to a herbarium. Register, post your photos with collection locations and additional details if you have. Best regards. https://www.inaturalist.org/
Dear Doctor Ridhi Saluja
Thank you for your beautiful pictures!
The img7585 and the img 7683 are the same but one with flowers and one without. I don't know the name.
The img7622 picture is "Androsacea villosa". We have this in the Appenines. Even in the Abruzzo region (Italy) we have "Androsace Abruzzese" that is a endemic species.
The img7671 is "Festuca". In Italy is a very common herbaceous in Italy that you can find in the uncultivated fields. The img7568 picture is "Festuca" too.
The img7859 and the img7860 are in Abruzzo too, in the National Park of Gran Sasso (Farindola), but we don't know the name.
The img20190613(..) is a lichens but I don't know what kind.
I hope I was helpful.
Good luck for your research
Gianluca Marzola
PhD student
@University of Bologna
You can upload your photographs to inaturalist. You must open an account. Botanical experts from all over the world participate in this platform who could give suggestions for identification.
https://www.inaturalist.org/users/sign_in. For a very accurate identification you will probably require more photos.
You ll find most of your high altitude plants in " Ethnobotany and Plants of Trans-Himalaya" by Om Prakash Chaurasia; Zakwan Ahmed and Basant Ballabh
Dear Ridhi,
I suggest that to contact Anzar Khuroo from Kashmir University as he has vast knowledge and has been working in this region.
Regards
Junid
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