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Common name: Kut, Kushtha (Sanskrit)
Botanical name: Saussurea auriculata Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Kut is an erect perennial with leafy stem 60-160 cm, simple or sparsely
branched above. Leaves are lobed, with triangular backward pointing lateral
lobes and much longer triangular terminal lobe, rough above and white wooly
beneath. Usually solitary, purple, nodding flower-heads, 2-4 cm across. Kut is
native to the Himalayas.
| Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttaranchal. |
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