Flora of West Himalaya

Iris crocea is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Limniris and the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, found in Kashmir. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is also commonly known as Golden Iris or Golden Flag. It was also known as Iris aurea for a long time, before that was regarded as a synonym of Iris crocea.

Geranium clarkei, called Clarke's geranium, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to India and cultivated for use in gardens.

Iris kashmiriana is a plant species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Iris. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from Kashmir, India. It has straight, sword-shaped, glaucous leaves, tall, thick stem with up 2 short branches, which hold 2–3 flowers, which can be white, cream or pale blue, lilac, lavender or blue-purple. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, although in Kashmir, it is also planted on graves.

Bulbophyllum raui is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum found in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pseudodanthonia is a genus of Himalayan plants in the grass family. The only known species is Pseudodanthonia himalaica, native to Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in northern India

Allium gilgiticum is an Asian species of onion, a rare and quite possibly extinct species. It is known only from the type collection, gathered in the 1930s in Gilgit District in Pakistan, high in the Himalayas, part of the Kashmir region long disputed with India. The plant is about 50 cm tall, with a hemispheric umbel of purple flowers.

Sorbus rosea is a species of rowan native to Kashmir in Pakistan. It is a small tree with large pink flowers and berries, dark green leaves turning to red in the Autumn, and reddish bark with silver patches. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

Pycnoplinthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Pycnoplinthus uniflora, a perennial native to subalpine areas of the western Himalaya.

Kashmiria himalaica is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kashmiria. It is native to the Western Himalaya.

Kashmiria himalaica is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kashmiria. It is native to the Western Himalaya.

Berberis ahrendtii is an Indian shrub in the barberry family first described as a species in 1926. The name given to it at that time had to be changed later because it was discovered that the 1926 name was a homonym of a name applied to a Venezuelan plant in 1863. Berberis ahrendtii is known only from the Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand in northern India. The species was long thought to be extinct because it had not been collected in nearly 100 years until living populations were discovered recently.

Primula clarkei is a species of flowering plant within the genus Primula and family Primulaceae. The species is endemic to the Western Himalayas, where it can be found in Poshiana of the Pir Panjal mountain range.

Festuca lucida is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native in West Himalaya. It is a perennial and mainly grows in temperate biomes. This species was first described in 1896.

Berberis lambertii is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae described as a species in 1921. It is known only from the Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand in northern India. The species was long thought to be extinct because it had not been collected in nearly 100 years until living populations were discovered recently.

Asphodelus bakeri is a species of asphodel from the western Himalaya.

Ivanjohnstonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Ivanjohnstonia jaunsariensis Kazmi Its native range is the Western Himalaya. The genus name of Ivanjohnstonia is in honour of Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960), an American botanist. and the Latin specific epithet of jaunsariensis refers to the Jaunsar-Bawar region in northern India. Both genus and species were first described and published in Sultania Vol.1 on page 1 in 1975.

Galium mahadivense, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Jammu and Kashmir, in disputed territory administered by India but claimed by Pakistan. Galium mahadivense was originally described from a site near the city of Srinagar.

Berberis rawatii is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae. It is known only from the Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand in northern India.

Allium negianum is a species of Allium discovered in 2021 in India. It is found in the western Himalayas, in the Indian districts of Pithoragarh and Chamoli, in the state of Uttarakhand, between 3,000 and 4,800 meters above sea level. It was cultivated in the region for years before it was officially identified. A. negianum was named after Kuldeep Singh Negi, who was an Allium collector.

Aquilegia bashahrica is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to the Himalayas.

Aquilegia × emodi is a perennial flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Western Himalayas. It is a natural hybrid of Aquilegia bashahrica and Aquilegia pubiflora.

Bergenia ciliata (fringed elephant's ears, winter begonia, hairy bergenia, Hindi & Sanskrit : Pashanbheda, पाषाणभेद) is a plant species in the genus Bergenia, deciduous in USDA Zones 5 to 7, but usually remain semi-evergreen south of Zone 7. It is found in Northern India in Uttarakhand (Chamoli and other districts of Uttarakhand) and Himachal Pradesh (in district Shimla). This flower is related to the famous Phool Dei Festival (https://www.tourmyindia.com/states/uttarakhand/phool-dei-festival.html) celebrated in Uttarakhand. It is commonly known in India as Pathar phor buti. Also found in

Impatiens balfourii is a species of the genus Impatiens known by the common names Balfour's touch-me-not, Kashmir balsam, and poor man's orchid. It belongs to the family Balsaminaceae.

Sorbus cashmiriana, the Kashmir rowan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to the western Himalayas, including Kashmir. It is a small, usually short-lived deciduous tree growing to 6–8 m (20–26 ft), with a trunk up to 25 cm (10 in) in diameter. The bark is smooth grey or red-grey. The leaves are 15–23 cm (6–9 in) long, pinnate, with 15–21 leaflets, dark green on top and lighter green underneath, the petiole reddish, the leaflets 3–5.5 cm (1–2 in) long and 1.5–2 cm broad, with serrated margins. The flowers are 7–10 mm in diameter, with five very pale pink petals and

Trachycarpus takil, the Kumaon palm, is a fan palm that is endemic to the foothills of the Himalaya in southern Asia. It is very similar to Trachycarpus fortunei.

Roscoea purpurea is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Himalayas, particularly Nepal. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but species of Roscoea grow in much colder mountainous regions. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens.

Meconopsis aculeata is a blue-flowered thorny species of the genus Meconopsis with a small geographical distribution restricted to specific areas of Pakistan and India, in the west Himalayas. The species was described from specimens collected here, by Royle in 1833. It is also known as Bhoti 'Tsersnon' in Ladakh. Along with Juniperus polycarpos (also known as Bhoti 'Shukpa'), it is used in the Sowa-Rigpa (also known as Amchi system) traditional medicine system. Both have been proposed as the state flower and state tree respectively by the Ladakh administration. The species is highly valued as

Corylus jacquemontii (Jacquemont's hazelnut or Indian tree hazel) is a species of hazel, found in Asia, within the Himalayas and from Afghanistan through to W. Nepal. It is a small tree or shrub, with grey bark, ovate or obovate (teardrop-shaped) leaves, small flowers and small edible nuts, grouped in small clusters. It has been used in many ways, not only as fuel source, fodder (for livestock) and timber but the trees also yield edible nuts for human consumption or for folk medicine uses.

Allium consanguineum is a species of onion found high in the Himalayas of northern Pakistan and northern India. It is a perennial herb up to 35 cm tall, with an egg-shaped bulb. Leaves are flat, narrow. Umbels are hemispherical, densely crowded with many yellow or pink flowers.

Syzygium salicifolium is a species of the genus Syzygium of the flowering plant family Myrtaceae, commonly called "Vellamanchi" in Malayalam. It is commonly seen in evergreen forests. It is endemic to Western Ghats.