Plant Name EQUISETUM ARVENSE L. Botanical Info Perennial sporous herbaceous plant with creeping, penetrating submersed, black rootstock. Stems reach up to 80 cm high with diameter being 3-5 mm. Geography: Grows almost everywhere in the terrain of the former Soviet Continue reading Equisetum Arvense→

Plant Name Ephedra equisetina Bunge. Botanical Info Evergreen shrub. 150 cm high. Geography: Central and Middle Asia mountains. Grows on dry and rocky places reaching up to 800 – 3000 m above see level. Chemical Content Carbohydrates and related compounds Continue reading Ephedra equisetina→

Plant Name Echinophora sibthorpiana Guss. Botanical Info Perennial 20-60 cm in height. Geography: Caucasus, Central Asia: the Kyzyl-Kum desert, Mountain Turkmenistan, Pamir-Alai, Tien Shan. On the rocky slopes and loess, deposits, gravels, gardens, crops, along the roads. Chemical Content Tannins. Continue reading Echinophora sibthorpiana→

Plant Name Dodartia orientalis L. Botanical Info Herbaceous perennial plant, 15-50 cm high. Geography: Central Asia: all regions. Grows in steppes, on clay, petrous and sandy slopes, hilly sands, steppe meadows, on rivers and lakes valleys. It grows as weed Continue reading Dodartia orientalis→

Plant Name Datisca cannabina L Botanical Info Perennial. Height: 180 cm. Semi-shrub, very similar to cannabis as a general form and shape of leaves. Geography: Is found from Crete and Turkey all the way to the Himalayas (as far east Continue reading Datisca cannabina→

Plant Name Cysticorydalis fedtschenkoana (Regel) Fedde Synonym- Corydalis fedtschenkoana Regel Botanical Info A perennial, 10-15 cm high Geography: Central Asia: Pamiro – Alay, Tjan-Shang. Endemic. Grows on grey stony, rubbly slopes, on rocks, slate moraines, near icecaps in upper mountain Continue reading Cysticorydalis fedtschenkoana→

Plant Name Crataegus turkestanica Pojark. Botanical Info Small tree 5-8 m high. Geography: Central Asia and Iran. Grows in walnut and apple stands on northeastern and northern slopes, in pistachio stands on loess deposits of southern slopes, and in almond Continue reading Crataegus turkestanica→

Plant Name    Crambe orientalis L. (С. amabilis Butk. et Majlun) Botanical Info    Perennial plant, 30—80 cm heigh Geography   the Caucasus:  Western, Eastern and Northern Trans- Caucasus; Central Asia: Tien-Shan. (West). It grows on dry rocky and gravelly slopes in the Continue reading Crambe Orientalis→

Plant Name Cotoneaster suavis Pojark. Botanical Info Deciduous shrub ,height: 2.4 m. Geography: The plant grows in Western Himalayas from Kashmir to Kuman. It is widely spread from Siberia and Kabul to France. It forms shrubby thickets and grows on Continue reading Cotoneaster suavis→

Plant Name     Convolvulus arvensis L Botanical Info  It is a climbing or creeping herbaceous perennial plant growing to 0.5–2 m high Geography  The plant is native to Europe and Asia. Plant typically inhabit roadsides, grasslands and also along streams. Its dense Continue reading Convolvulus arvensis→