Arenaria bryophylla

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Common name: Flycatcher Sandwort
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W. Tibet, Karakorums, Ladak, Sikkim (as per Flora of Pakistan)
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Arenaria bryophylla at Ladakh – July- PKA-03 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)
Arenaria bryophylla (Family: Caryophyllaceae) en-route Changla Pass at Altitude of Approx 16500 ft).

Again a new one. Thanks for the bounty.

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Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra::Arenaria bryophylla ?? NSJ-OCT 16/18 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Arenaria bryophylla (Caryophyllaceae) for validation. Photo take on Aug 24,2016 on the Kailsah parikrama (Tibet) route. Altitude 15500 feet.

I think this must surely be A.bryophylla – though had wondered when first viewing these images. Stony slopes, rocks in Tibetan borderlands to 6180m; Woolaston, recorded this as the highest known species on Everest but there are other claims to ‘highest’ recorded flowering plant.

Thank you … I could identify this from the links you have provided in your earlier mails.

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Fwd: Arenaria bryophylla in Ladakh – one of the world’s highest plants! : 1 post by 1 author.

Here with an image taken, as a slide for me in Nimaling Valley, Ladakh @ some 4800-5100m, I think.
This appears to be Arenaria bryophylla – forming a mound/cushion.
Stewart recorded it, usually @ 4700-5500m in Ladakh, especially on high passes.  He stated that it is the highest plant found on Mt. Everest @ 6180m (Woolaston during an Everest Reconnaisance in the 1920s) but ‘The Guiness Book of Records’ claims the highest is Stellaria decumbens @ 6135m.
Flowers of the Himalaya says this is found amongst rocks & on stony slopes @ 4300-6180m in the Tibetan borderlands from Kashmir to Sikkim and Tibet. 

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070722 JM 2: 8 images.
From Changla pass (17600 ft) to Pangong (14000 ft.) on 17.6.22, in Ladakh

Saxifraga ??

Appears so but could not find a match as per comparative images at Saxifraga

Pls check Arenaria bryophylla

Yes, matches with images and details at Arenaria bryophylla Fernald


Posting high res. images one by one.
8 very high res. images.


Arenaria bryophylla: 4 images.
On the way from Pangong Tso (14000 ft) to Chang La (17600 ft) in 18.6.22 in Ladakh, near a lake.


5 high res. images.

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Ladakh, August 2022 :: Arenaria bryophylla :: ARK2022-169: 3 high res. images.
This was en route Chang la from Pangong tso, Ladakh in August 2022.
The entire route was green. A pity, though, that as part of a larger group, one cannot stop at such spots to click pics ‘of such small flowers’ :)….hmm.
I think this is Arenaria bryophylla. Requested to please validate

Yes !

Yes, as per images at Arenaria bryophylla

Yes …, excellent capture.

 

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI  BSI Flora of India  Flora of China  FOC illustration  Flora of Pakistan  FOP illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora Wikipedia