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White Himalayan Maharanga
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White Himalayan Maharanga
ative Photo: Krishan Lal
Common name: White Himalayan Maharanga
Botanical name: Maharanga thomsonii    Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Onosma thomsonii

White Himalayan Maharanga is a very rare perennial herb of the Himalayas, with stems 1-2 ft tall. It is a woody herb with hairy parts. Flowers are bracteate, in branch-end and lateral nodding clusters 2.5-7.5 cm long. Flowers are tubular, gradually broadening upwards, white to bluish, 0.8-1.2 cm long. Petals are short, patent or not. Sepals are 0.8 cm long, linear, scarcely enlarged in fruit. Anthers have more than half their length protruding out. Bracts are 0.8 cm long, linear; flower-stalks 0-6 mm long. Leaves are linear, white-wolly beneath. Stem leaves are about 4 cm long, 3-4 mm wide, hairy above. White Himalayan Maharanga is found in N. Pakistan to W. Himalaya. at altitudes of about 2000 m. Flowering: April-May.

Identification credit: Krishan Lal Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh

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