Common name: Smooth Allardia
Botanical name: Allardia glabra Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Waldheimia glabra
Smooth Allardia is a tufted mat-forming, aromatic, high-altitude perennial
plant of drier areas. The stems spread to 10 cm or more. Wedge-shaped and
bluntly 3-5 lobed leaves occur in rosettes. Flower-head appear solitary on
stems. "Petals" (ray flowers) are pink-purple or white, elliptic blunt,
1-1.5 cm long. The yellow central disk is broader than the length of the
"petals". The bracts appearing just below the flowers are blunt with purple
papery margins. Smooth Allardia is found in the Himalayas at altitudes of
4000-5500 m. Flowering: July-September.
| Photographed en route to Baralacha La,
Himachal Pradesh. |
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