Types And Uses Of Flowers Of The Margalla Hills National Park
Yellow-flowered Strawberry
Scientific name: Duchesnea indica
Perenial prosrate herb. Leaves in a group of 3 Flowers single, 5-lobed. Fruit red strawberry like, up to 1 cm long. Flowers from March – May. Uses: medicinal
Indian Sorrel / Khatti booti
Scientific name: Oxalis cornculata
Annual or perennial creeping herb 5-10 cm tall. Leaves in group of 3, heart-shaped. Flowers 5-lobed. Fruit capsular. Flowers from March – December. Uses: medicinal, leaves are eaten both raw and cooked.
Dodak
Scientific name: Convolvulus prostatus
Prostrate perennial herb with a woody base and wavy branches. Leaves stalkless, narrow and densely hairy. Flowers from March – April.