Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from Al Khor by El Amin.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by El Amin from roads and runnels in C Qatar, but not recorded by any other authors from Arabia. Uses: El Amin mentions that it is used medicinally in West Africa to treat dysentery, heart […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Mar. Status: Native. Very common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Abundant on thin sandy deposits and other rocky areas; also in other sandy habitats, gardens and cultivated areas.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Biennial or perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in sandy and gravelly habitats. Uses: Rizk & El-Ghazaly describe a number of medicinal uses. Notes: Batanouny describes three varieties occuring in Qatar: var. bruguieri, var. laxa Boiss. and var. rechingeri Hadidi.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Local. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by El Amin from Al Sheehaniyah and Al Karaanah in sandy depressions and runnels.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Apr–Jun. Status: Native. Local. Not in other Gulf areas. H.abitat & distribution: Occasional to frequent in wadis and runnels, often within rocky areas.

Kingdom : Birds, Ibis

Blackish with long decurved bill. Close views however show plumage to be a deep purple-chestnut, glossed green on wings. In winter bill is brownish with fine pale streaks on head and neck. Juvenile plumage much duller. Fast wing-beats in flight often followed by long glides, frequently in long-line formation.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded in S Qatar at Al Karaanah and some areas in the north (Mohammed Al Safran). Grows in silty and sandy depressions and other areas with fine, shallow soils.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or biennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Recorded only once by Batanouny from a northern farm.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb or shrub. Flowering. Jan–Dec. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded only once by Batanouny, but the species is now widespread (Abdel Bari 1997). Plentiful in Phragmites ponds at Dukhan water treatment works in 2007 (John Norton). Notes: There is a discussion on the taxonomy […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb, Yellow and Purple

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Not confirmed for Qatar. Not in other Gulf areas. Notes: Miller & Cope note that it is recorded from Qatar by Batanouny (1981) and the UAE by Western. However, they remark that no verified material has been seen and the occurence of the species in Arabia needs confirmation. […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to frequent in sandy depressions and runnels; mainly C Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or biennial herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent in sandy or silty depressions, particularly under shade of trees.

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Small shrub. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent to dominant on beaches, sabkha edge and other saline habitats around the coasts. Uses: Ghazanfar states the whole plant is used against diarrhoea and as an astringent. Notes: The related species Limonium carnosum (Boiss.) Kuntze […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Reported as rare by Batanouny and seen only once recently near Jebel Dukhan (John Norton).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to frequent in softer sand. Notes: Subspecies ovalifolia and pakistanica Ghafoor both occur in Qatar; var. qatarensis Hadidi has also been described (IPNI), presumably from Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. habitat & distribution: Occasional on harder substrates and disturbed areas around inhabited areas. uses: Ghazanfar reports that the leaves, stems and roots are used for treating abdominal colic, dyspepsia, fever and venereal disease.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Mar. Status: Native. Local. First record: SW Qatar, March 2007 (John Norton & S. Aspinall). Miller & Cope mention a record for which there is no supporting specimen. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional, mainly on compact, gravelly soils in SW Qatar (found in 2007 at […]

Kingdom : Birds, Hen

Smaller but similar to Purple Swamphen, but colour of body, head and mantle is bluish purple and wings are dirty greenish. Habitat is mainly swampy areas with reed beds and tall grass.

Kingdom : Birds, Hen

Almost twice the size of Moorhen; huge red bill and frontal shield; red legs prominent. Plumage mostly uniform bluish with greyish head and neck. Swims with body stooped forward like Moorhen; white undertail-coverts often striking. In flight, shape like huge Moorhen with blue wings and long red legs. Juvenile drabber with greyish underparts, dull red […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or perennial herb. Flowering. Dec–Mar. Status: Introduced. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of waste ground.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Native. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Also recorded: Kuwait. Habitat & distribution: Recorded along the road to Umm Bab; also Dukhan and C Qatar.