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Lamium album L. – Ruksha (रूक्षा)
stara1982 April 25, 2020 Uncategorized
Family: LamiaceaeCommon Name: White dead nettle, blind nettle, dumb nettle, deaf nettle, bee nettleLocal Name: Ruksha(रूक्षा)  Ruksha is a hairy perennial herb found growing in fields, hedgerows, woodland edges, clearings and moist waste places. It is very common in damp places along waysides upto an altitude of 1800- 3000 m
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Lepidium virginicum L.- Alon (अलों)
stara1982 April 24, 2020 Uncategorized
Family:  Brassicaceae Synonyms: Discovium gracile, Discovium ohiotense, Lepidium diandrum, Lepidium majus, Lepidium praecox, Nasturtium majus. Common Name: Wild Pepper Grass Local Name:Alon (अलों) Alon is an erect herbaceous annual of Western Himalaya, commonly seen growing along roadsides, fields, waste land, disturbed sites, prairies and pastures up to an altitude of
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Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa (DC.) Lourteig–Malora ghaa (मलोरा घा)
stara1982 April 19, 2020 Uncategorized
Family: Oxalidaceae Synonyms: Oxalis corymbosea Oxalis martiana, Common Name: Lilac Oxalis Local Name: Malora ghaa (मलोरा घा)  Malora ghaa is a perennial, stemless herb arising from basal bulb. It is seen growing in damp shady places along wayside, roadsides and as a weed in gardens and cultivated fields. It is
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Berberis lycium Royle- kasmalae (कसमले), Daruhaldi.
stara1982 April 17, 2020 Uncategorized
Family: BerberidaceaeSynonym: Berberis afghanica, Berberis angustifolia, Berberis heteracanth, Berberis vulgaris.Common name: Indian Lycium, Indian Barberry, Boxthorn Barberry.Local Name:  kasmalae (कसमले), Daruhaldi. Kasmalae is a gregarious spiny, shrub abundantly found growing on open hill slopes and shrubberies, up to an altitude of 2,500 m in Western Himalaya. It usually grows well on
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Duchesnea indica (Andrews.) Focke. – Bhuin ankhe (भुई आखे)
stara1982 April 11, 2020 Uncategorized
Family: RosaceaeSynonyms: Fragaria indicaCommon Name: Mock Strawberry, False Strawberry, Indian Strawberry, Yellow-flowered Strawberry.Local Name: Bhuin ankhe (भुई आखे) Bhuin ankhe is a softly- silky perennial herb of Western Himalaya, commonly found growing in cool and moist shady places, on hill slopes, cultivated fields, wastelands and forests, up to 2400 meters.
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Galium aparin L. -Kuri (कुरी), Dhanpatri.
stara1982 April 9, 2020 Uncategorized
Family: RubiaceaeSynonyms: Aparine hispida, Aparine vulgaris, Asperula aparine, Asterophyllum aparine, Crucianella purpurea, Galion aparinum,Galium aculeatissimum,Galium adhaerens, Galium aparine, Galium asperum, Galium australe, Galium borbonicum, Galium charoides, Galium chilense.Galium chonosense, Galium hispidum, Galium horridum, Galium intermedium, Galium lappaceum, Galium larecajense, Galium parviflorum, Galium pseudoaparine, Galium segetum, Galium tenerrimum, Galium uliginosum, Galium
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Plantago lanceolata L. – Safed isbagol (सफ़ेद इशबगोल), Chashe re pach, Baltanga.
stara1982 April 9, 2020 Uncategorized
Family: Plantaginaceae Synonyms: Arnoglossum lanceolatum,Lagopus lanceolatus,Lagopus timbale, Plantago abyssinica,Plantago ambigua, Plantago argentea, Plantago attenuate, Plantago azorica, Plantago byzantine, Plantago capensis,  Plantago capitate,Plantago contorta, Plantago dalmatica, Plantago decumbens, Plantago dubia, Plantago elata, Plantago eriophora,Plantago flexuosa,Plantago gerardi, Plantago glabriflora, Plantago glareosa, Plantago hirsute, Plantago hungarica, Plantago intermedia, Plantago irrigua, Plantago kurdica, Plantago
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Alliaria petiolata (M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande – Masru ghaa (मशरू घा)
stara1982 April 8, 2020 Uncategorized
Family:  BrassicaceaeSynonyms: Alliaria alliacea, Alliaria alliaria, Alliaria fuchsii,Alliaria mathioli, Alliaria officinalis,  Arabis alliaria, Arabis petiolata, Clypeola alliacea, Crucifera alliaria , Erysimum alliaceum, Erysimum alliaria, Erysimum cordifolium, Hesperis alliaria, Sisymbrium alliaceum, Sisymbrium alliaria. Common Name: Garlic MustardLocal Name: Masru ghaa (मशरू घा) Masru ghaa is an erect, biennial herb of Western Himalayas
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Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. – Raie (राई)
stara1982 April 6, 2020 Uncategorized
Family:  Brassicaceae Synonyms: Brassica argyi, Brassica arvensis juncea, Brassica besseriana, Brassica cernua,Brassica chenopodiifolia, Brassica integrifolia, Brassica japonica, Brassica juncea japonica, Brassica lanceolate, Brassica napiformis, Brassica richeri,Brassica rugosa, Brassica taquetii, Brassica willdenovii, Crucifera juncea, Raphanus junceus, Rhamphospermum volgense, Sinabraca juncea, Sinapisa byssinica, Sinapis brassicata, Sinapis campestris, Sinapis cernua, Sinapis chinensis, Sinapis
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Lamium amplexicaule L. – Topnu ghaa (टोपनु घा)
stara1982 April 2, 2020 Uncategorized
Family: Lamiaceae Synonym: Galeobdolon amplexicaule, Lamiella amplexicaulis, Lamiopsis amplexicaulis, Pollichia amplexicaulis. Common Name: Henbit Local Name:Topnu ghaa (टोपनु घा) Topnu ghaa is an annual plant that can grow up to an altitude of 1000- 3000 m in Western Himalaya. It is frequent in meadows, marshes, roadsides, in cropland, pastures, in
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