''Picrorhiza'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family or veronica family, is a large, diverse family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as Antirrhinum, snapdragon and Digitalis, foxglove. It is unrelated ...

. Its native range is Pakistan to Western

Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than 100 pea ...

. Species: *''

Picrorhiza kurroa ''Picrorhiza kurroa'' is one of the major income generating non-timber forest products found in the Nepalese Himalayas. It is one of the oldest medicinal plants traded from the Karnali zone. Known as kutki or कुटकी in Nepali, it is a pe ...

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Picrorhiza tungnathii ''Picrorhiza'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. Its native range is Pakistan to Western Himalaya. Species: *''Picrorhiza kurroa ''Picrorhiza kurroa'' is one of the major income generating non-timber for ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9059436 Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae genera