Bugloss Alpine Bluebell is small, softly hairy
perennial herb, with dense many-flowered cluster of blue-purple tubular
flowers. The flowers are characterized by its not spreading petals and
long protruding style. Flower-tube is slender, about 7 mm, without
scales in the throat, one third as long as the linear, bristly sepals.
Inflorescence remains dense in fruiting. Leaves are oblong blunt to
inverted-lanceshaped. up to 18 cm. the lower narrowed to a long stalk,
the upper few, smaller, stalkless. Stem is slender, unbranched, usually
15 cm or more. Nutlets are about 2 mm, white, shining. Bugloss Alpine
Bluebell is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Himchal Pradesh,
at altitudes of 2700-3600 m. Common in Lahaul. Flowering: June-August.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess
Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh.
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