Androsace geraniifolia Watt, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 17 1882. (syn: Androsace flaccida Hook.f. ex R.Knuth; Androsace pedicellata Royle ex R.Knuth; Primula paxiana Kuntze);
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Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Common name: Geranium Rock Jasmine
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Decumbent perennial with slender rhizome, sometimes stoloniferous. Leaves suborbicular, 0.7-3.5(-6)cm diameter, divided to middle into 5-6 lobes, each with 3-5 apical teeth, white hirsute on both surfaces; petioles 1.5-10(-14)cm, densely white pubescent. Peduncles 1 to several per rosette, (3-)8-25cm (-35cm in fruit), densely pubescent; umbels 4-10(-25)-flowered, sometimes bearing a small leafy rossette which develops into a new plant when the peduncle becomes horizontal in fruit, and the umbel rests on the ground. Bracts linear or lanceolate, 1-4mm; pedicels 3-20mm. Calyx campanulate, 2-4mm, pubescent; teeth acute, ± equal to tube. Corolla pink or white with yellow eye; limb 4-8mm diameter; lobes oblong or obovate, 2-3 x 1.5-2.5mm, entire. Capsule globose, c 2.5mm.
Fl. April-July
On shaded banks in coniferous forests and on open mountain grassy slopes.
(Attributions: A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE and RGoB. 1999 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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Your Androsace geraniifolia images: 3 very high res. images.
Please find attached, Adrosace geraniifolia, observed in Lachen valley, North Sikkim.


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Androsace geraniifolia Watt: 3 very high res. images.

Location: Bhulbhule,  Jumla, Nepal
Altitude: 2800m.
Date: 30 May  2022
Habit : Wild 

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Androsace geraniifolia Watt: 6 high res. images.

Location: Barsha Tal, Dhorpatan, Baglung, Nepal 
Date: 31May 2023
Elevation: 2900 m.
Habit : Wild

 

 

 


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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flowers of India  Bhutan Biodiversity Portal  Plant illustrations

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