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: Marine perennial herb. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: In areas around the coast; widespread (Benno B?er). Collected from Al Khor shore by El Amin.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Parasitic herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Mainly in coastal areas, including coastal sands along beaches, where occasionally forming small clumps. Host plants include Arthrocnemum macrostachyum, Cornulaca spp, Limonium axillare, and Tetraena qatarensis. Uses: ‘Said to be poisonous’ (El Amin). Rizk & […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Parasitic perennial herb. Flowering. Mar. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: On damp, saline sand, including beaches. Frequent at Dukhan water treatment works, growing on Tetraena qatarensis and nearby on the west coast (John Norton); also occurs at Ras Laffan (Renee Richer), Mesaieed and Khor […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Nov. Status: Native. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait. Habitat & distribution: Locally abudant at Al Khor; also at Umm Tais (Renee Richer).

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Oct–Nov. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Coastal areas, including Umm Bab, Salwa and Al Khor.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Small shrub. Flowering. Jun–Sep. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent or abundant in coastal saline areas, including beaches and sabkha, occasionally in other habitats. Uses: ‘In Bahrain, the Flowers are used as a diuretic and anti-inflammatory’ Rizk & El-Ghazaly.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Mar. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to frequent on rocky ground and shallow, compacted sand; especially SW Qatar. Uses: Rizk & El-Ghazaly report that in Bahrain the leaves are used as purgative and hypoglycaemic.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Sep–Oct. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in coastal areas and wherever saline soils occur, including irrigated farmland. Uses: El Amin remarks that fresh leaves are sold in markets in Qatar for eating in salads. Stems and leaves are also used […]

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. Feb–May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny in Al Wabrah. Regarded mainly as a naturalised weed in Arabia. Uses: Various medicinal uses are reported by Rizk & El-Ghazaly.

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Small shrub. Flowering. Dec–Jun. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A species of coastal, slightly saline sand. Recorded from NW Qatar by Batanouny.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional on compact saline soils around the coasts; especially N Qatar. Recorded from Ras Laffan (John Norton), just west of Doha (Renee Richer) and is common at Al Zubarah (Renee Richer). Uses: In Bahrain, the […]

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Oct–Nov. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in coastal areas. Uses: Grazed by sheep and camels and is valuable salt grazing (El Amin). Cornes & Cornes note that ‘Atriplex species are a good source of fodder, with high protein content’. Notes: Two […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Marine perennial herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Native. Common. Not previously documented for Qatar. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: In areas around the coast; widespread (Benno B?er). Notes: See comments under Diplanthera spp.

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Abundant in salt marshes along coasts at Al Khor, Ras Eshairiq, Umm Bab and Dukhan. Also locally dominant on coastal sabkha at Ras Abrouq. Uses: Dry stems are used as firewood.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Small shrub. Flowering. Oct–Dec. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny in S Qatar ‘where it dominates a community on the road to the UAE’. Typical habitats in Saudi Arabia include sand dunes, rocky slopes, limestone and sandstone plateaux (Miller & Cope).

Kingdom : Flora, Sedge

Growth form: Sedge. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Locally frequent in coastal saline sand, including Ras Laffan, Fuwairit and other areas in NE Qatar (Mohammed Al Safran). Notes: Not previously documented for Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Dominant in moderately saline sandy and silty areas, including sabkha edge and other coastal habitats. Uses: Used for fodder (El Amin).

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, Sedge

Growth form: Marine perennial herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Native. Common. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Not in other Gulf areas, though marine flowering plants appear to have been overlooked by some authors. Habitat & distribution: In areas around the coast; widespread (Benno B?er). Uses: Diplanthera spp. and Halophila spp. (p. 71) are an […]

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrublet or small shrub. Flowering. Feb–Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional on compact soils at Ras Laffan and other coastal areas in the NE (John Norton, Mohammed Al Safran).

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Oct. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional or frequent in coastal saline habitats. Uses: Jong et al. note that the plant is suitable for saline irririgation and a promising landscape plant, and is also used to treat asthma.

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: Shrub. Flowering. Sep–Oct. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny from saltmarsh at Al Khor and Abu Sara Abdul Majidrah. Uses: Cornes & Cornes report that the plant is intensively grazed by camels in sabkha areas and also by gazelles; Mandaville (citing an […]

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Small shrub. Flowering. Oct–Nov. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent in coastal areas and in S Qatar on deeper saline sand. Uses: Reported by Rizk & El-Ghazaly to have some degree of antimicrobial activity when ingested. Leaves are used to treat jaundice in Qatar (Ghazanfar).

Kingdom : Flora, Sedge

Growth form: Sedge. Flowering. May–Jun. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A plant characteristic of deeper sand, especially larger dunes, but in Qatar also locally abundant around coastal areas on beach sand and on white sand inland. Occasional to locally frequent in other habitats, such as sandy […]

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Very common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent to abundant or sometimes dominant in sandy, often compacted soils, including coastal beach sand. Also in disturbed areas by roadsides and around towns and villages. Uses: Dried powdered leaves are used as a poultice […]