Plants

What grows where, and why.

126 plant profiles with USDA hardiness coverage (zones 3–11), plus Pakistan's five climate zones. Filter by your zone and syntropic role to see what thrives where you grow.

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Showy Crotalaria (Crotalaria spectabilis)

PIONEER · SHRUB

Showy Crotalaria(jhumka)

Crotalaria spectabilis

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · mulch · medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Siratro(siratro)

Macroptilium atropurpureum

USDA 8-12

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Smallflower Clematis

Clematis grata

USDA 6-9

medicinal · fodder

PIONEER · GRASS

Spear Grass(sariala)

Heteropogon contortus

USDA 8-12

fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spearmint(podina)

Mentha spicata

USDA 5-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spinach(palak)

Spinacia oleracea

USDA 6-10

food

Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava) (Boerhavia diffusa)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Spreading Hogweed (Punarnava)(itsit / punarnava)

Boerhavia diffusa

USDA 9-11

medicinal · food · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Strawberry(strawberry)

Fragaria × ananassa

USDA 3-10

food

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sunflower(suraj mukhi)

Helianthus annuus

USDA 9-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Sweet Potato(shakarqandi)

Ipomoea batatas

USDA 9-11

food · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Tagasaste tree lucerne

Chamaecytisus proliferus

USDA 8-11

fodder · nitrogen fixing · fuel · mulch · windbreak

PIONEER · GRASS

Tall Reed(nar)

Phragmites karka

USDA 7-11

mulch · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Tanner’s Cassia(tarwar)

Senna auriculata

USDA 9-11

medicinal · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Tithonia Mexican sunflower

Tithonia diversifolia

USDA 9-11

mulch · medicinal · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Toria(toria)

Brassica campestris

USDA 6-10

food · fodder

Trefoil Rattlepod (Crotalaria medicaginea)

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Trefoil Rattlepod(jhunjhunia)

Crotalaria medicaginea

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · fodder · mulch

PIONEER · GRASS

Vetiver(khus)

Chrysopogon zizanioides

USDA 8-11

mulch · medicinal · windbreak

PIONEER · SHRUB

Virgin’s Mantle(dhamasa)

Fagonia cretica

USDA 8-11

medicinal

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Warrigal greens

Tetragonia tetragonioides

USDA 8-11

food · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Water Hyssop(brahmi)

Bacopa monnieri

USDA 8-11

medicinal

PIONEER · CLIMBER

Water Spinach(kalmi saag)

Ipomoea aquatica

USDA 9-11

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Watercress(jal kumbhi)

Nasturtium officinale

USDA 6-11

food · medicinal

PIONEER · GRASS

Wheat(gandum)

Triticum aestivum

USDA 3-9

food · fodder

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

White Clover(safed clover)

Trifolium repens

USDA 4-9

fodder · nitrogen fixing · mulch

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

White Lupin(turmus)

Lupinus albus

USDA 7-10

food · fodder · nitrogen fixing

PIONEER · SHRUB

White Tephrosia(safed sarphonk)

Tephrosia candida

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · mulch · fodder

PIONEER · SHRUB

Wild Indigo(sarphonka)

Tephrosia purpurea

USDA 9-11

nitrogen fixing · medicinal · mulch

PIONEER · SHRUB

Wild Jujube(jhar beri)

Ziziphus nummularia

USDA 8-11

food · fodder · fuel · windbreak

PIONEER · GROUNDCOVER

Wild Mint(jangli podina)

Mentha longifolia

USDA 6-9

medicinal · food

PIONEER · GRASS

Wild Sugarcane(kans)

Saccharum spontaneum

USDA 7-11

mulch · fodder · windbreak