Wild Flowers
There are also flowers depicted under Medicinal plants
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 Arisaema flava flowering on the foot of
the Potala palace on Marpori. This unique
cobra lily is distributed in the dry valleys
of Tibet and eastward throughout the Near
East. Photo: D.Winkler, Lhasa, Tibet AR, June 17,
2006.
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 There are dozens of species of Leontopodium, the Edelweiss in Tibet. Whereas it is one of the rarest flowers in the Alps, it is common on Tibet's pastures
Yak La, Pema Karpo / Baima Xueshan, Dechen/Deqen TAP, Yunnan, July 22, 2007.
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 Daphne aurantiaca. To my best knowledge the only yellow flowering Daphne species. It can be encountered in the understory of oak-spruce forests in East Tibet. April 24, 2002
Photo: D.Winkler, Chungba/Junba Valley, Litang County, Kandze/Ganzi TAP.
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Incarvillea zhongdianensis. Incarvilleas have been introduced to western gardens for awhile under the name Gloxinia or more recently fern flower. Gyalthang / Zhongdian / Sangila, Deqen TAP, Yunnan, August 2001
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A twin-flowered lady slipper - Cypripedium tibeticum (King ex Hemsl. 1892), Kongpo-Gyomda County, Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet AR, 3500m, June 2006. Possible Synonyms C. corrugatum C. macranthos var. tibeticum
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Lilium bakerianum ssp. sulphurianum, Yajiang, Ganzi TAP, 3600m. I only encountered one stand of these beautiful lilies above Nyachuka town during all my trips in Tibet.
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Meconopsis sp. Nyenlung, Sertar, Ganzi TAP, 3900m
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Meconopsis impedita, Gye La / Zhedu Shankou, Darsedo / Kangding, Ganzi TAP,
4400m
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Meconopsis punicea, Nyenlung La, Sertar, Ganzi TAP, 4200m
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Paeonia decomposita (P. szechuanica), a very rare tree peony endemic to the Gyarong Chu Valley (Dadu He) that loves exposed sites. Barkam / Ma'erkang County, Aba TAP, 3200m
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Paeonia veitchii, Minyak, Kangding County, Ganzi TAP, 3800m
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Paeonia obovata, Barkam / Ma'erkang County, Aba TAP, 3900m, June 2000
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| Eremurus chinensis, Denba County, Ganzi TAP, ca. 2200m, May 2000. |
Aconitum, Epilobium & Delphinium, Dzogchen, Derge, Ganzi TAP, 4000m,
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Iris tectorum & Daphne aurantiaca, Barkam / Ma'erkang, Aba TAP, 3400m
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Codonopsis canescens, Dangba, Nyarong / Xinlong, Ganzi TAP, 3200m
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Codonopsis subscaposa, Yajiang, Ganzi TAP, 3800m
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Codonopsis convolvulacea, Dzamthang / Rangtang, August 2001
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Arisaema cf. consanguineum, Chaksum / Caosang, Litang, Ganzi TAP, 3900m, October 2000
A rare variegated, extremely hardy Cobra Lily which has up to 40 leaves in a single whirl.
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Arisaema cf. consanguineum, Chungba/ Junba, Litang, Ganzi TAP, 3500m, August 2001
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Ligularia cf. deltoides, Kandze / Ganzi, Ganzi TAP, August 2001
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