Page five.

Wild Flowers found during the visit.

It was difficult to identify the species as most of the  reference books are written in Russian.  With the aid of the internet, the recently published Endemic Plants of the Altai Mountain Country by Pyak et al. and the reports of previous Biosphere expeditions I have tried to put names to the following photos or to be more precise photos beside previously named plants.

I have used the Appendix 6 from the Biosphere Expedition Report for 2008 compiled by Christine Newell as a base and added some of my photos to the list.  I have done my best to identify the plants correctly but would be happy to be corrected by any experts in the field.

Appendix 6: Plant list 2003 – 2008 collated by expedition team member Christine Newell.

Only flowers with photos can be relied upon to have been seen in 2009

Rosaceae

Alchemilla altaica      (Lady's mantle)

   

Alchemilla cyrtopleura      (Lady's mantle)

  

Chamaerhodos altaica

Chamaerhodos erecta

Comarum salesovianum Cinquefoil

Cotoneaster uniflora      (Cotoneaster)

 

Dryadanthe tetranda High alpine

Dryas oxyodonta      (Mountain avens)

     

*Pentaphylloides fruticosa Cinquefoil

Potentilla acaulis Cinquefoil

Potentilla anserina      (Cinquefoil)

        

 

Potentilla bifurca Cinquefoil

Potentilla conferta Cinquefoil

Potentilla gelida Cinquefoil

Potentilla multifida Cinquefoil

Potentilla nivea Cinquefoil

Potentilla sericea Cinquefoil

Other Potentilla Sp

     

 

Comarum salesovianum .

       

Spiraea alpina Bridewort

Spiraea chamaedryfolia Bridewort

Rubiaceae

Galium verum     (Ladies bedstraw)

       

  

Galium boreale Bedstraw

Salicaceae

Populus laurifolia Laurel-leaved Poplar

Salix nummularia        (Prostrate willow)

 

*Salix reticulata Net-leaved willow

Salix Turczaninowii      (Willow)

Santalaceae

Thesium repens Bastard-toadflax

Saxifragaceae

Bergenia crassifolia     (Elephant-ear)

        

      possibly young plants

Saxifraga caespitosa       (Tufted Saxifrage)

Saxifraga cernua Drooping Saxifrage

Saxifraga hieracifolia Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirculus Marsh Saxifrage

Saxifraga macrocalyx Saxifrage

Saxifraga melaleuca      (Saxifrage)

   

Saxifraga oppositifolia      (Purple Saxifrage)

   

Saxifraga punctata    (Saxifrage)

  

Saxifraga sibirica Saxifrage

Other possible Saxifraga Sp

             

    think these may well belong elsewhere

            

Scrophulariaceae

Castilleja pallida Paintbrush

Euphrasia pectinata Eyebright

Lagotis integrifolia

Linaria vulgaris      (Toadflax)

        

   

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Pedicularis abrotanifolia Yellow Whorled Lousewort

Pedicularis amoena     (Lousewort)

      

Pedicularis longiflora Lousewort

Pedicularis tristis? Lousewort

Pedicularis uliginosa Lousewort

Pedicularis oederi Lousewort

Pedicularis venusta Lousewort

Pedicularis verticillata Lousewort

Pedicularis violascens Lousewort

Other Pedicularis Sp

Scrophularia incisa      (Figwort)

Veronica macrostemon Speedwell

Veronica sessiliflora Speedwell

Veronica pinnata Speedwell

Other Veronica Sp

    

Tamaricaceae

Myricaria dahurica Tamarisk

Valerianaceae

Patrinia sibirica

     

Valeriana dubia Valerian

Valeriana fedtschenkoi Valerian

Valeriana petrophila Valerian

Violaceae

Viola biflora Viola

Viola altaica       (Viola)

        

Viola rupestris Viola

Other photos unidentified