Family;  Linaceae Synonyms Linum trigynum, Reinwardtia trigyna Common name: Yellow flax Local Name: Peenyan(पींयां),Piyoli, Basant Peenyan is a beautiful winter bloomer of Himalayas.Peenyan is ashruband very common in forests, mountain slopes, thickets often in calcareous habitat ascending to 1800 m. These beautiful yellow flowers of   Peenyan   seems to say good bye to to 

Family: Cactaceae Synonyms: Cactus indicus Hindi name: Nagfani(नागफनी) Common  name: Prickly pear Local name: Drabhad chhoonh (द्राभड़छूंह),kabuli(काबुलीछूंह). Drabhad chhoonh is wild plant of Western Himalayas found in abundance upto an elevation of 1500 metres. It is a xerophytic plant. Drabhad chhoonh thrives best under conditions of drought and erratic rainfall

Family: Agaricaceae Synonym: Agaricus procerus Common name: Honey combed mushroom, morel. Local name: Guichchhee ( गुच्छी) Guchchhee grows wild in hill forests between elevations of 1500 to 3000 metres.  It grows in the wild only and all efforts made to domesticate it have so far remained futile. This mushroom starts

Family: Fabaceae Synonyms: Medicago denticulate. Medicago hispida Common name: Bur clover Local name: Khokhna (खोखना) Khokhna is native to western and central Asia and countries around the Mediterranean.  It has now spread to all parts of the world and has been introduced widely around the world. It is found in

Family: Euphorbiaceae Synonyms:Euphorbia pentagona Local names:Chhoohin (छूहीं ),Danda thor (डंडाथोर), Chu (छूँ) Chhoohin is normally considered as a worthless plant of waste lands. It is a xerophyte shrub or small tree, which grows upto an elevation of 2000 metres in Western Himalayas. Chhoohin is a very common plant among barren

Family: DioscoriaceSynonyms: Dioscorea nummularifolia, Dioscorea glabra.Common name :RuidingLocal name: Taradi (तरडी) Taradi is a very slender vine that grows wild, mostly in forests of mid-hill region of Western Himalayas upto an altitude of 1800 m .  Though it is a very slender vine, which remains active only during the warm