A thorough inventorying of the plant biodiversity of the Haramosh and Bugrote valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan during the years 2001-2007
revealed four species new to science, while five genera and seven species as new records for Gilgit-Baltistan, while another five
species as new records for the district Gilgit. Notable are the records of Saharo-Sindian elements like Periploca aphylla Decne. and
Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal from these high altitude localities, indicating.
