Colutea nepalensis

Colutea nepalensis Sims (syn: Colutea arborescens var. nepalensis (Sims) Baker; Colutea persica var. buhsei sensu Rech.f. (misapplied); Colutea rostrata “Gilli,p.p.B”);

Afghanistan (N); China (N); Quinghai; Xizang Zizhiqu ; India (N) ; Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir; Punjab ; Uttar Pradesh; Nepal (N) as per ILDIS;
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Colutea nepalensis: 4 images.
Colutea nepalensis
Spiti region, Lahaul & Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh
June 2022

There was no way to reach up to the bush and I have to click with zoom. So, I was unable to click close-ups.
Fraxinus xanthoxyloides will be another new addition to eFI.

Fwd: Colutea nepalensis – a new genus and species for eFI : 1 post by 1 author.

Looks like I am becoming a botanical ‘twitcher’. Perhaps … can keep track of the number of NEW entries … and I each make every month plus any other ‘challengers’!

Not sure if the terminology ‘birder’ and ‘twitcher’ have been adopted in Indian ornithology?

These are the first quality images I have seen of this species Colutea nepalensis, which is not something I have come across in the wild. There are records for Ladakh by Dickore & Klimes but not Stewart who knew it in Kurram, Astor, Chitral though at only @ 1500-2400m, which is a problem because, as far as I know, the lowest part of Ladakh is c. 2700m.

There are several Coluteas in Pakistan such as C.armata found in Juniper tracts in Baluchistan.

See: http://photos.v-d-brink.eu/Flora-and-Fauna/Asia/Pakistan-new/i-PC7fDff and following 3 images incl. pods.

Marijn photographed his plants at a higher elevation than Stewart records and he had no records for Baltistan or Ladakh.

Flowers of Himalaya, understandably does not cover this species, just C.multiflora from Central & East Nepal. All Coluteas have inflated, bladder-like, papery fruits.

The genus is commonly known as ‘Bladder Senna’.

Where is photograph, … ?

In the link given by …

Photographs in the link are from Baltistan.

I have clicked it from Spiti, Sir
I’ll share it soon.

For id 300722 JM1: Ule, Ladakh: 17 images- 7 high res.
In rocky sandy area near Indus, in Ule (10,000 ft.) Ladakh, on 14.6.22.