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Fernleaf Yarrow, Milfoil or Nosebleed, Woolly Yarrow Location Shimla Himachal Pradesh India

Fernleaf Yarrow, Milfoil or Nosebleed, Woolly Yarrow.... Botanical name:- Achillea filipendulina..... Family:- Asteraceae.... Location- Shimla..... Himachl Pradesh India

Achillea filipendulina, the yarrow, fernleaf yarrow, milfoil, or nosebleed, is an Asian species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to central and southwestern Asia. It is also naturalized in parts of Europe and North America.
Scientific nameAchillea filipendulina
RankSpecies
FamilyAsteraceae
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Iris x germanica Location Shimla Himachal Pradesh India

 Iris x germanica Location Shimla Himachal Pradesh India

The plant also helps to 
increase the function of the kidneys, stimulate appetite, increasing the bile flow, treat bronchitis, swelling of the spleen, cold, cancer, and the roots of the plant are applied directly to the affected area for the nasal polyps, tumors, scars, muscles and joints pain.
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Oxalis latifolia Location Shimla Himachal Pradesh India

Garden pink- wood sorrel, Broad leaf Wood sorrel, Fishtail oxalis..... Botanical name:- Oxalis latifolia.... Family:- Oxalidaceae.... Location- Shimla Himachal Pradesh India

Oxalis latifolia is a species of flowering plant in the woodsorrel family known by the common names garden pink-sorrel and broadleaf woodsorrel. It is native to Mexico and parts of Central and South America. 
Scientific nameOxalis latifolia
FamilyOxalidaceae


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Pericallis × hybrida Location Shimla Himachal Pradesh India


Cineraria, Florist's Cineraria, Common ragwort... Botanical name:- Pericallis x hybrida... Family:- Asteraceae..... Location-Shimla Himachal Pradesh India


Prosopis cineraria extensively used in traditional medicine to cure many diseases such as ailments like leprosy, dysentery, asthma, leucoderma, dyspepsia and earache 

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Verbena Red velvet Location Shimla Himachal Pradesh India


Verbena Red velvet, Garden Verbena..... Botanical name:- Verbena hybrida.... Family:- Verbenaceae.... Location- Shimla..Himachal Pradesh India


Verbena is used for mild gum disease (gingivitis), swelling (inflammation) of the nasal cavity and sinuses (rhinosinusitis), heart conditions, depression, and other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses. 

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Hairy Bergenia Location Shimla Himachal Pradesh India



Hairy Bergenia, Winter Bergenia, Fringed elephant's ears... Botanical name:- Bergenia ciliata... Family:- Saxifragaceae.... Location-Shimla Himachal Pradesh India

In Ayurveda system of medicine it is commonly used as tonic, astringent, antiscorbutic, laxative, spleen enlargement, dysuria and ulcers . Local people of West Bengal use rhizome juice as an anti-tussive for cough and cold 
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