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Himalayan Oxygraphis
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Himalayan Oxygraphis
ative Photo: Thingnam Girija
Common name: Himalayan Oxygraphis
Botanical name: Oxygraphis endlicheri    Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Oxygraphis polypetala, Ranunculus royleanus, Ranunculus polypetalus

Himalayan Oxygraphis is an small, early flowering Himalayan plant sporting yellow or bronze flowers with many narrow petals. Flowers are solitary 1-2.5 cm across, with petals oblong to spoon-shaped. Sepals are 5, ovate or oblong, 3-6 mm, leathery, hairless, persistent. Petals are about 12, spoon-shaped-linear, 7-10 x 1.2-2 mm, tip slightly pointed. eaves are all at the base. They are leathery, stalked, rounded to heart-shaped, 0.5-5 cm, rounded toothed. Himalayan Oxygraphis is common on the open slopes of the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Burma, at altitudes of 2200-4500 m. Flowering: April-June.

Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar, Gurcharan Singh Photographed beyond Tsomgo lake, Sikkim & Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh.

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