Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Mainly in NE Qatar, where locally frequent on more compact soils. Well- grown bushes occur at Ras Laffan Industrial City (John Norton) and the species is also found at Al Dhakira, Fuwairit and Simaismah (Mohammed Al Safran). Notes: […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from cultivated lands, in light or sandy areas. Uses: Taken as a purgative (Rizk & El-Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded as a weed of irrigated land.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Most of year. Status: Native. Very common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: The main constituent of lawns in urban areas; occasional in natural habitats. Uses: Of economic importance due to its widespread use in making lawns. Medicinal uses worldwide are described by Rizk & El-Ghazaly.

Kingdom : Flora, Tree

Growth form: Tree. Flowering. Not known. Status: Introduced. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Present distribution in Qatar not known but widespread in the Gulf. Uses: Ornamental planting.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or perennial herb, or small shrub. Flowering. May–Aug. Status: Native. Rare. First published record: Miller & Cope (1996). Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: Gravel desert on the north coast (Miller & Cope). Notes: Only subsp. noeana occurs in Qatar; subsp. brachystyla (Chamberlain & Lamond) is found elsewhere in Arabia. The plant […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

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

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Very rare on Sandy areas (Batanouny). Mainly a coastal species in the Gulf.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional; generally on harder substrates in shallow sand or sandy runnels, especially in S and C Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in N and S Qatar on roads and in gardens, usually in shade of trees.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Summer. Status: Introduced. Rare. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: A weed in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) fields (Batanouny).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Mar. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Previously recorded from Al Wakra and Salwa.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. habitat & distribution: Occasional, on compact stony and gravelly soils; mainly in C Qatar; rare in the west. El Amin recorded along the road from Al Sheehaniyah (where it still common) to Dukhan; it also occurs along the road to […]

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent in cultivated farms, gardens and other irrigated land. Uses: Good fodder (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Sep. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional, in gardens and cultivated areas. Uses: Flowering branches are used as an antirheumatic and diuretic; the aerial part is used in the treatment of liver and urinary diseases, and stomach ulcers (Rizk & El-Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual (occasionally perennial) herb. Flowering. Feb–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded on a silt pan NE of Zikreet in 2007 (John Norton).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Parasitic herb. Flowering. Mar. Status: Introduced. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Also recorded: Kuwait. Habitat & distribution: A parasite on Solanum nigrum.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Sandy and gravelly soils in C Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Previously recorded as common in irrigation channels and other damp areas in cultivated lands, but seen only once by the present authors. Uses: Used for fodder (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from cultivated fields in C Qatar. Uses: Used for fodder (El Amin). Cultivated as forage in many parts of the world (Mandaville).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Feb–May. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Reported by Batanouny as common; S and W Qatar. El Amin also states that it occurs at Al Wakra, Al Karaanah and Mekainis.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in gypsum desert, shallow or compacted silty soils. Particularly numerous at Dukhan (John Norton); also recorded Ras Laffan (John Norton), Al Wakra, Al Karaanah (earlier authors). Uses: El Amin notes that it is grazed by […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in sandy areas; particularly W Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Previously recorded in sandy soils and silty depressions in cultivated areas. Uses: Rizk & El-Ghazaly mention that an infusion of the plant is used as a cooling agent against sunstroke and that the root is astringent and […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Mar. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Locally abundant in salt marsh and sabkha edge, or occasionally on saline sand; mainly N Qatar and the E coast.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by El Amin from sandy soils and gravelly depressions, but he does not mention a location.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by El Amin on disturbed soils; C Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in irrigated lawns and gardens. Uses: Good fodder (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of cultivated fields and gardens.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Apr–Sep. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent in cultivated areas, including gardens. Uses: A salad herb, widely cultivated and available in many of Qatar’s markets as well as grocery stores and supermarkets. Is also highly palatable to animals. Jongbloed et al. […]

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrublet or small shrub. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in shallow silty or sandy soils, in rocky areas, also in depressions with coarse soils. Uses: The plant is used in the treatment of diarrhoea, gonorhoea, haemorhoids and eye diseases (Rizk & […]

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Locally dominant as reedbed fringing waste water lagoons and other permanent wetlands, especially at Abu Nakhla and Abu Hamour lagoons; also at Ras Laffan, Mesaieed and Dukhan. Uses: El Amin notes that it is used […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of irrigated farmland. Uses: Used as fodder (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Small shrub. Flowering. Mar. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny from C and N Qatar in calcareous stony soils and saline areas. Uses: Favourite grazing for camels (Mandaville). Salt grazing (El Amin). Often used as firewood (Mandaville).

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. May. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of cultivated land.

Kingdom : Flora, Sedge

Growth form: Sedge. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A species of marshy places, often in slightly saline habitats. Recorded by Batanouny at Abu Sara Abdul Majidrah in SW Qatar. Uses: Fodder for camels (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by El Amin in N Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Mar. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in stony and rocky areas and compact silty soils in depressions and by roads; mainly in NE Qatar. Uses: Buds are cooked and pickled and used as flavouring in cooking (El Amin). The leaves of the […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: A weed of irrgated, cultivated areas in N Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Introduced. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Recorded as a weed of gardens. Notes: Plants recorded in Qatar are probably referable to var. corymbosa (DC.) Lourteig.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in sandy runnels, wadis and other sandy areas; also as a weed in irrigated gardens. Uses: Probably a useful grazing species.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Mar. status: Introduced. Rare. First record: SW Qatar, March 2007 (S. Aspinall). Not in other Gulf Floras. habitat & distribution: A weed of crops such as chick-pea, so the record may refer to a plant that had escaped from a cultivated area. Not recorded elsewhere in the Gulf and possibly […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Small shrub. Flowering. Not known. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in saline areas in S Qatar according to Batanouny. Notes: Needs confirmation as not listed for Qatar by Miller & Cope.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Sandy habitats; N Qatar.