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The plant is robust and about 4 m tall with a yellowish-green foliage and reddish tinged pseudostem. The sheath is smudged with blackish-brown and is without wax when mature, unlike Musa nagensium which has thick wax deposits in the pseudostem sheaths. The bases of the lamina bear a red-purple colour when young, which gradually fades, latest on ...
This category includes the native flora of Sikkim state in India. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. In accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), this category is included within the larger region of East Himalaya in Category:Flora of East Himalaya
Primula sikkimensis (Himalayan cowslip, Sikkim cowslip, Chinese: 鍾花報春; pinyin: zhōng huā bàochūn) is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the Himalayan region at altitudes of 3,200–4,400 m (10,499–14,436 ft), from western Nepal to south west China. [1]
Rhododendron arboreum from Fyson [5]. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum has leaves with cinnamon-brown hairs beneath; Flower of Rhododendron arboreum from Yumthang Valley in North Sikkim, India Rhododendron arboreum subsp. zeylanicum rare ssp from the highlands of Sri Lanka, named after Zeilan, the name used by Arabian traders to refer to Sri Lanka
Rheum nobile, the Sikkim rhubarb [1] or noble rhubarb (पदमचाल), is a giant herbaceous plant native to the Himalaya, from northeastern Afghanistan, east through northern Pakistan and India (in Sikkim), Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet to Myanmar, occurring in the alpine zone at 4000–4800 m altitude.
At 25, Genea Richardson lived in a 400-square-foot concrete cell, along with seven other women, four bunk beds, four lockers, a toilet and a shower. She felt like she was suffocating.
Of these plants, 5 out of 6 species globally threatened are not found in Nanda Devi National Park or elsewhere in Uttarakhand: Aconitum falconeri, A. balfouri, Himalayan maple (Acer caesium), the blue Himalayan poppy (Meconopsis aculeata) and Saussurea atkinsoni. 31 species of rare and endangered categories were observed within the national ...
The plant grows on one or two erect ascending stems, with ovate leaves that are approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and 9.5 cm (3.7 in) wide. Inflorescences are terminal raceme - panicles that are 6 to 15 cm (2.4 to 5.9 in) long, with a yellow-white or reddish and purple spotted corolla that is approximately 2.8 cm (1.1 in).