Flowers in Kashmir
8 pages on its gardens, flowers and customs in Kashmir, India.
ApricotPrunus armeniaca
A small fruit tree with early white to pink blossoms and golden-orange fruit
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Flowering tree
Kashmir IrisIris kashmiriana
A fragrant iris from the western Himalaya, often planted on graves in Kashmir
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Wildflower
Decoration
Paisleyبته
A curved teardrop motif from Iran and India, now used worldwide on textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 8 more · Art or design
SaffronCrocus sativus
The crimson threads of an autumn crocus, dried for colour, flavour and scent
🇮🇷 Iran and 6 more · Bulb flower
Roscoea
Orchid-like ginger flowers from Himalayan and Chinese mountains
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
BasilOcimum basilicum
The fragrant culinary herb crowned with spikes of delicate white flowers
🇮🇳 India and 8 more · Herb or useful flower
Russian oliveElaeagnus angustifolia
A thorny tree with silvery leaves, fragrant yellow flowers and edible red fruit
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
Syrian ruePeganum harmala
A hardy desert herb with white flowers and psychoactive seeds
🇲🇦 Morocco and 7 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Paisley: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Saffron: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Russian olive: Georg Slickers, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Apricot: Fir0002, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kashmir Iris: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Roscoea: Roscoea_purpurea_20070810-1338-183.jpg : Keith Edkins derivative work:, CC BY 2.5, source
- Basil: Castielli, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Syrian rue: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, source