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Common name: Scree Plant, Alpine Forget-me-not
Botanical name: Eritrichium canum Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Scree Plant is a tufted perennial with racemes of soft blue flowers in
summer. It grows up to 15-40 cm tall. Stems erect or decumbent, frequently
woody at base, not branched or short branched above. Petiole of basal
leaves to 5 cm, pubescent; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, to 8 cm × 6 mm,
densely white sericeous, base broadly cuneate, apex acute to acuminate;
stem leaves 1 to several below inflorescences, sessile, lanceolate to
ovate-lanceolate, reduced upward. Inflorescences 2 or 3, forked, many
flowered. Flowers light blue, throat yellow or orange (hardly visible); petals nearly
circular, 3 mm wide. Usual found on gravelly slopes, sandy river banks and
marshes, at altitudes of 2700-5600 m. Flowering: June-July.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ulysses
| Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttaranchal. |
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