Pakistan Gardening Forum

We are compiling this photo list of wild flowers of Pakistan by consulting various sources. This will acquaint us with our endemic plants and our wild which has lot to offer especially Northern areas. This list will be updated whenever possible. Images have been taken from internet.

Members must help US by posting entries of wild flowers/endemic flowers of Pakistan that they are aware of or come across.

First Batch

Morina Llongifolia


Lantana


Allium Kokanicum


Viola Betonicifolia


Thistle


Spurge


Saxifraga



Salvia Nubicola


Salvia Moorcroftiana


Rhododendron Ponticum


Perovskia Atriplicifolia/Russian sage


Papaver Nudicaule


Justicia Adhatoda


Impatiens Glandulifera


Datura stramonium


Convolvulus Arvensis


Calotropis Gigantea


Abelmoschus Ficulneus(Jungli Bhendi)


Water Hyacinth


Malva Neglecta


Buddleja Crispa


Salvia Hians


Jasminum officinale

Following entries have been taken from Khabbabs Blog which he captured himself at various places

Calotropis Procera


Aesculus indica-Indian Horse Chestnut


Oenothera rosea


Clematis armandii


Chrysanthemum leucanthemum


Bush Honeysuckle

Nice thread


Dandelion

You have some really nice indigenous plants in Pakistan. Most of them I have never seen or come across before. Who knows, perhaps I will come across some indigenous bulbs soon for my collection. I have very few bulbs from the northern hemisphere.

Yes, indeed our northern mountain ranges such as Himalaya and its plains such as Deosai have some very exotic plant species. Infact Tulips are indigenous to Pakistan and surrounding areas. Tulipa lehmanniana and Tulipa stellata are the common ones. Similarly Cyclamen, Eremurus himalaicus, various Allium species such as macranthum and wallichii and many more bulbous plants are natives of himalaya

Wild Tulips: Tulipa Lehmanniana

The name Tulip is derived from Turkish word 'Tulbend' meaning a turban.
Each plant of Tulipa Lehmanniana conists of an erect stem, bearing strangely twisted sessile leaves. Flowers are brilliant red, orange and yellow cup shaped. They present a most stupendously striking sight, rising out of the desert like soil. Photographed in Chiltan National Park, Baluchistan

Clematis Vitalba also known as Travellers Joy since it known to smell good is a vigorous climbing plant; growns in chalky soil. The pretty greenish white flowers are less spectacular than the white beard attached to the seeds, which look most decorative. Photographed in Murree.

Foxtail Lily: Eremurus Stenophyllus

This tall stately bulbous plant is a staggering sight, with hundreds of yellow blooms clustered on each stem Like a well drained rich soil. Photographed near hills of Ziarat.

Iris of Kumaon: Iris Kumaonensis

The flowers in this cultivar are solitary lilac to purple with darker spots, and on a scape shorter than the lenght of leaves. Seen in Chiltan National Park, Baluchistan.

Tartary Lily: Ixiolirion Tataricum

Flowers violet blue and white are bell shaped, have long stalks. Photographed on the way to Hanna Lake.