This is the first book of its kind, helping readers to identify the wild flowers of the Himalaya, from Kashmir to Ladakh to the Nepal-Sikkim border in the east. The authors describe some 1500 species found mostly in the upper valleys, hills, and higher mountainous regions. The book includes over 690 color photographs of plants taken in the field, and hundreds of line drawings. It details where to go plant-hunting and at what seasons of the year. Also included are brief descriptions of types of climate, geology, soils, altitude effects, and the effects of people and animals on the vegetation of the region.
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"This work is a major step forward in making it possible to identify Himalayan plants....The drawings are exceptionally good and place related taxa on the same plate with important characters highlighted." --Recent Publications in Natural History
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Polunin was a renowned botanist and plant photographer.
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A large cosmopolitan family, mostly of herbaceous plants, with its main concentration in the temperate and cool regions of both Hemispheres. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lax branched cluster, axillary branched clusters, common alpine species, rounded spreading lobes, triangular basal lobes, foliage cut for fodder, softly hairy perennial, terminal branched clusters, alpine shrubberies, involucral cup, upper stalkless, achenes hairless, calyx hairless, dense stalkless, erect leafy perennial, stalkless axillary clusters, lax umbel, spreading rounded lobes, yellow farina, papery margins, lobes further cut, involucral bracts lanceolate, petals obcordate, distant whorls, hairless shrub Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Temperate Eurasia, Arunachal Pradesh, Ganesh Himal, Royle Pakistan, Dudh Kosi, Don Pakistan, North Temperate Zone, Clarke Pakistan, Don Afghanistan, Nepal Kashmir, Wallich Pakistan, Harry Smith, Smith Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kali Gandaki, Royle Afghanistan, Don Kashmir, Lindley Pakistan, Topke Gola, Wallich Afghanistan, Nepal Lahul, Temperate Asia, Clarke Afghanistan New!
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A large cosmopolitan family, mostly of herbaceous plants, with its main concentration in the temperate and cool regions of both Hemispheres. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lax branched cluster, axillary branched clusters, common alpine species, rounded spreading lobes, triangular basal lobes, foliage cut for fodder, softly hairy perennial, terminal branched clusters, alpine shrubberies, involucral cup, upper stalkless, achenes hairless, calyx hairless, dense stalkless, erect leafy perennial, stalkless axillary clusters, lax umbel, spreading rounded lobes, yellow farina, papery margins, lobes further cut, involucral bracts lanceolate, petals obcordate, distant whorls, hairless shrub Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Temperate Eurasia, Arunachal Pradesh, Ganesh Himal, Royle Pakistan, Dudh Kosi, Don Pakistan, North Temperate Zone, Clarke Pakistan, Don Afghanistan, Nepal Kashmir, Wallich Pakistan, Harry Smith, Smith Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kali Gandaki, Royle Afghanistan, Don Kashmir, Lindley Pakistan, Topke Gola, Wallich Afghanistan, Nepal Lahul, Temperate Asia, Clarke Afghanistan New!
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- Sri Lanka by Tim Page on page 60, page 279, and page 321
- Wild Flowers (Piccolo Spotters) (Piccolo Books) by Bob Press in Back Matter
- Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: v. 1 (Publication - British Museum) by H. Hara in Back Matter
- Tibetan Medicinal Plants by Christa Kletter on 4 pages
- The Plant Hunter's Garden: The New Explorers and Their Discoveries by Bobby J. Ward on page 61, page 64, and Back Matter
- Footprint Indian Himalaya Handbook by Robert Bradnock on page 68, and page 69
- Perennials: The Definitive Reference With Over 2,500 Photographs by Roger Phillips on page 76, and Back Matter
- Trekking In Nepal by Stephen Bezruchka in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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