Central Asia

Photographs taken on an expedition to Kazakhstan and Mongolia funded by Plant Select in June and July of 2009.

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Androsace akbaitalensis on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Aquilegia glandulosa in the Kazakhstan Altai

Aquilegia glandulosa (with friends) in the Kazakhstan Altai



Asplenium septentrionale in Kazakhstan steppe

Bergenia altaica on Kazakh Altai





Calianthemum alatavicum on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Callianthemum sp. on the Austrian Road, Kazakh Altai



Chorispora bungeana on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Claytonia joannae on the Mongolian Altai

Clematis sibirica on the Kazakh Altai



Cortusa broteroi on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Corydalis bungeana on the Kazakh Altai

Dactylorhiza umbrosa on the Kazakh Altai

Daphne altaica on the Kazakh Altai



Delphinium sp. on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Dracocephalum bungeanum on the Mongolian Altai

Gentiana grandiflora on the Kazakh Altai

Gentiana grandiflora

Gentiana grandiflora

Gentiana grandiflora

Gentiana grandiflora

Gentiana grandiflora

Gentiana grandiflora

Gypsophila sericea on the Kazakh Altai

Hypericum elongatum on the Kazakh Altai

Leontopodium fedtchenkoanum



Eritrichium ochroleucum on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Onosma sp. on the Kazakh Altai

Orostachys spinosa on the Kazakh Altai

Orostachys spinosa on the Kazakh Altai

Paeonia anomala on the Kazakh Altai

Paeonia hybrida on the Kazakh Altai

Parnassia sp. in the Altai

Parnassia sp. in the Altai



Primula algida on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Rhodiola quadrifida on the Mongolian Altai



Rhodiola coccinea on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Rhodiola coccinea on the Tian Shan above Almaty



Rhodiola Kirilowii on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Rhodiola Kirilowii on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Rhodiola rosea on the Mongolian Altai

Rhodiola rosea and Eritrichium pauciflorum on the Mongolian Altai



Rosularia alpestris on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Rosularia alpestris (and other goodies) on the Tian Shan above Almaty



Scutellaria sp. on the Mongolian Steppe

Sedum hybridum on the Kazakh Altai

Sibbaldia cuneata on the Tian Shan above Almaty



Smelowskia calycina on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Stelleropsis altaica on the Altai foothills

Stelleropsis altaica on the Altai foothills

Stelleropsis altaica on the Altai foothills



Trollius lilacinus on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Trollius lilacinus on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Veronica densiflora on the Mongolian Altai

Veronica multifida on the Kazakh steppe



Viola altaica on the Tian Shan above Almaty

Viola tianshanica on the Tian Shan above Almaty