White-flower Christolea is a small, hoary, minutely
woolly, clustered perennial herb. Stems are slender, covered below by
withered leaf-stalks. Lower leaves are loosely clustered; upper
linear-lanceshaped, entire, rarely toothed. Flowers are borne in short,
close racemes. Sepals are linear, woolly; border narrow, hairless,
membranous. Petals are spoon-shaped, blunt or slightly retuse, white.
Very young pods are linear, densely woolly, many-seeded; style
short,hairless. White-flower Christolea is found in West Himalaya to
West Tibet.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed near Pangong Lake, Ladakh.
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