Kashmir Bonnet Bellflower is a beautiful plant with
slender erect stems bearing single milky-blue bell-shaped flower at the
top, looking down. Sepals spread outwards, less than half as long as
the flower. Flowers are 1.5-3.5 cm long, gradually widening to the
mouth, with broad triangular out-curved lobes. Leaves are 1-3 cm,
short-stalked, ovate hairy. They give out a very pungent smell when
crushed. Flowering stems are 15-20 cm long. Kashmir Bonnet Bellflower is found
in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Kashmir, at altitudes of 3000-4200
m. Flowering: July-August.
Medicinal uses:
The roots and leaves are used to make a poultice for the treatment of
bruises, ulcers and wounds.
Identification credit: Vidyarthi Omprakash
Photographed at Saach Pass, Himachal Pradesh & Bhaderwah, J&K.
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