Yellow Alplily is a delicate plant, only up to 15
cm tall. It usually has only a single yellow flower, looking down, with
a reddish-orange patch at the base. Flowers are about 2 cm long, with
elliptic blunt petals with green veins. Basal leaves are 3-8, narrowly
strap-shaped, usually shorter than stem, 1.5-2.5 mm wide. Stem leaves
are several, threadlike, 1-2 cm long. Yellow Alplily is found in the
Himalayas, from C. Nepal to SE Tibet, at altitudes of 3600-4500.
Flowering: June-July.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess
Photographed beyond Tsomgo lake, Sikkim.
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