Common name: Brahmakamal
Family: Compositae
Information: described as a “striking perennial with large pale yellow boat-shaped papery gracts surrounding dense clusters of purple flower-heads.” (Polunin and Stainton 1999).
Photo: Near Ghondoghoro Glacier, ca. 4800 m, 35° 35′ 7″ N, 76° 22′ 21″ E; 35.585278, 76.3725. By K. Hewitt, 2008 (Mountain Research and Development 2011).
Sources and additional resources:
Polunin, O. and A. Stainton (1999). Flowers of the Himalaya. Oxford University Press, Delhi. Entry 173 (p. 206-7; plate 68).
WFO (2021): Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Edgew. Online at: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000008312. Accessed 11 Jul 2021.
