Himalayan Meadowsweet is an erect, leafy perennial, with stems 30-100 cm,
finely hairy above. Leaves are deeply lobed; lateral lobes widely spaced,
very unequal, often tiny; terminal lobe much larger, deeply palmately
3-5-lobed, toothed, pale hairy beneath. Cream colored flowers with elliptic
petals, are 4-6 mm across, numerous, in broad much branched terminal cluster.
Fruit is almost stalkless, bristly-hairy along upper and lower sides.
It is found in the Himalayas at an altitude of 2100-3300 m.
Flowering: July-August.
Identification credit: Umesh Tiwari, Nidhan Singh
Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand.
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