Little Glory (Shankhpushpi / Shyamakranta)
Evolvulus alsinoides
Prostrate or ascending small perennial herb with silky hairy branches; alternate ellipt...
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Little Ironweed (Sahadevi / Dandotpala)
Vernonia cinerea
Small erect or decumbent annual herb with ribbed stems; alternate variable ovate-lanceo...
Malabar Grass (East Indian Lemongrass)
Cymbopogon flexuosus
Densely tufted tall perennial grass; long linear scabrous leaves with reddish-purple ma...
Marsh Barbel (Talmakhana / Kokilaksha)
Hygrophila auriculata
Stout erect annual or biennial marsh herb; quadrangular stems with sharp spines in whor...
Miracle Leaf (Patharchatta / Parnabeeja)
Kalanchoe pinnata
Erect succulent perennial herb to 1m; opposite thick fleshy imparipinnate crenate leave...
Mountain Knotgrass (Pashanabheda / Gorakshaganja)
Aerva lanata
Erect to prostrate perennial herb with woolly branches; alternate elliptic-obovate leav...
Mugwort (Nagadamani / Indian Wormwood)
Artemisia vulgaris
Aromatic perennial erect branched herb to 1.2m; alternate deeply pinnatisect tomentose ...
Mung Bean (Moong / Mudga)
Vigna radiata
Erect annual hairy herb to 60cm; trifoliate ovate leaves, axillary racemes of pale yell...
Narrowleaf Cattail (Gondra / Patera)
Typha angustifolia
Tall wetland perennial marsh reed; erect slender culms to 3m with linear semi-cylindric...
Nut Grass (Nagarmotha / Musta)
Cyperus rotundus
Perennial sedge with underground stoloniferous aromatic dark-brown tubers; erect triang...