taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D787C47841FFBA7859F90868CEFDC2.taxon	description	Specimen examined: 07. vii. 2010, Kunth Khal, Garhwal Himalaya, India, coll. C. S. Rana, 19586 (GUH) (Image 4). Stout perennial erect herbs, up to 30 cm high, puberulous. Stems simple, erect, ribbed. Leaves obovate to spathulate, acute, irregularly serrate, 2.5 – 8 x 2 – 4 cm, puberulous on upper surface, glabrescent on the lower surface; upper most cauline leaves lanceolate, serrate, sessile, amplexicaul; middle cauline leaves spathulate; basal leaves with 2 – 8 cm long petiole; Heads 3 – 5 cm across, radiate, solitary, pubescent. Involucral bracts lanceolate, 10 – 12 mm long, acute, serrate. Ray florets yellow, ca. 25 mm long; ligule oblong, 20 – 22 mm long, 3 – 5 veined, tridentate; corolla tube 4 – 5 mm long, hairy outside. Disc florets 5 – 6 mm long; corolla limb 2 – 3 mm long, 5 - lobed; lobes triangular-ovate, ca. 1 mm long. Achenes broadly oblong, 1.5 – 2 mm long, ribbed, white pubescent on the ribs. Pappus of reddish-brown, scabrid deciduous hairs, 4.5 – 5 mm long; scanty, absent in ray achenes. Flowering & Fruiting: June – July. Distribution: India: Western Himalaya (between 4000 – 4500 m), Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Pakistan. Ecology: Rare, a small population of 9 – 12 individuals was observed in a small area on moist slope at 3900 – 4000 m, Kunth Khal of Valley of Flowers National Park. The presence of A. nivalis and D. falconeri in the Valley of Flowers National Park on the one hand shows richness of flora, and on the other hand indicates better chances of survival of these rare species in the area where anthropogenic stresses are at a minimum. However, since the population sizes are very small, a close watch on the fate of these species is needed in future.	en	Rana, C. S., Rawat, D. S. (2012): New floral distribution records of Aquilegia nivalis (Baker) Falc. ex B. D. Jacks and Doronicum falconeri C. B. Clarke ex Hook. f. from the Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (9): 2911-2914, DOI: 10.11609/JoTT.o3036.2911-4, URL: http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/794
