Artemisia hedinii Ostenf. & Paulson, S. Tibet 6(3): 41 (1922) ;
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Central Asia to Himalaya and Central China: China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Xinjiang as per POWO;
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China (Gansu, SW-Nei Mongol, Qinghai, W-Sichuan, N-Xinjiang, W-Yunnan), Tibet, India (Himalayas), Nepal, N-Pakistan, Tajikistan, Sikkim, Chumbi as per CoL;
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Enclosing some pictures for identification.
Location : Nubra Valley
Altitude : 3048 m
Date: 24 August 2014

Looks like Sanguisorba minor

If so it is interesting, it was not growing in Kashmir or even Ladakh when I explored there between 1969 to 1975 but last time in in 2012, i found it growing profusely on mountain slopes above Cheshma Shahi in Srinagar.
In fact it was first reported from Indian only in 2012
http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2012.57.410.pdf 

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I think yes.


To me it looks different from Sanguisorba minor as per images at POWO.

Poterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba !
I guess there are many leaf variations … !
https://www.gbif.org/species/3029430


Here inflorescence appears to be axillary and not terminal.


This is Artemisia hedinii.


 

 


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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  GBIF (High resolution specimens) High resolution specimen  BSI Flora of India Checklist  Flora of China  FOC illustration  IBIS Flora Useful Tropical Plants

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