Some flowers that I photographed and later tried to identify on the Tirath trek, roughly arranged by location.

Chalocha (2300m)

Large bellflower Large bellflower on the trail near Chalocha

Nada Thatch (3250m) and Shankha (2800m)

Ruby cinquefoil Ruby cinquefoil at Nada Thatch

False strawberry False strawberry

Asiatic forget-me-not Tiny Asiatic forget-me-not

Around Tirath (~3700m)

Alpine bistort Alpine bistort in the grassy meadow

Rattle lousewort A rattle lousewort near a stream

Himalayan marsh orchid Himalayan marsh orchid, an endangered medicinal plant also known as salam panja

Himalayan Geranium Deep blue Himalayan geranium with purple veins

Tirath to Jatholi (3650m - 4000m)

Lemon yellow primrose Lemon yellow primrose

Himalayan blue poppy A lone Himalayan blue poppy.

Blue poppy variant Another unknown variety of blue poppy

Siberian geranium Siberian geranium

Many flowered anemone Many-flowered anemone. Hairy leaves differentiate it from the Himalayan snow anemone

Many flowered anemone Another bunch of many-flowered anemone

Asurbag meadow (~3800m)

Large-leaf primrose Large-leaf primrose

Himalayan meadow primrose The impressive Himalayan meadow primrose

Silverleaf cinquefoil Silverleaf cinquefoil

Rhodiola Rhodiola (possibly Himalayan). Cousin of the medicinal rhodiola rosea

Rhodiola Honeybee on rhodiola flowers

Anemones in the meadow Anemones in the meadow

Kashmir lagotis Kashmir lagotis

Info

  1. The Himalayan wildflowers collection at the excellent Flowers of India website.
  2. Flora Search, a search engine that I made to identify Himalayan flowers