Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional or frequent in lawns, gardens and other cultivated areas. Uses: The plant is poisonous if eaten in any quantity (Rizk & El-Ghazaly); roots and leaves are used as an anti-haemorhagic (Ghazanfar).

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: Annual grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in cultivated fields. Uses: An important crop and fodder plant. Rizk & El-Ghazaly describe the medicinal properties of this species.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar. Status: Introduced.Common. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: An escape from cultivation; the wild form occurs in saltmarshes but has not been recorded from Qatar. Uses: Cultivated as a vegetable. The plant has diuretic, aphrodisiac and various other medicinal properties (Rizk & El-Ghazaly). Notes: Beta vulgaris […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Cultivated areas, C and N Qatar. A weed of garden origin. Uses: ‘Leaves eaten in Iran in stews but bitter in taste’ (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Introduced. Also recorded: Kuwait, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Cultivated areas. Uses: Used in the Middle East for centuries as a treatment for particular skin diseases (Rizk & El- Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Previously recorded from Dukhan; recorded twice recently in W Qatar. Uses: The roots are used to treat haemorhoids, malaria and fevers; the leaves are locally applied to wounds, burns, abscesses, bites and inflamations (Rizk & El-Ghazaly). […]

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Jan–May. Status: Introduced. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: In the Gulf generally it is widely planted in shelterbelts, but also escapes into areas around gardens and farms. Uses: It is well known that the oil is extracted for medicinal uses, particularly as a laxative, and that the […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in cultivated areas and with trees, particularly in N and NW Qatar. Uses: Ghazanfar reports the whole plant is used to treat skin rash and ulcers. Notes: Formerly placed in the Primulaceae. The blue-flowering […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of gardens and other irrigated, cultivated areas. Uses: Rizk & El-Ghazaly list numerous medicinal uses.

Kingdom : Flora, Tree

Growth form: Tree. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to frequent in roadside plantations. Rarely found naturalised. Uses: A list of medicinal uses is given by Rizk & El-Ghazaly. Ghazanfar reports that the leaves, fruit and seeds are used to treat blisters, bruises, chest pains, dandruff, fractures and mouth […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent in irrigated, cultivated areas. Noted as a ‘serious weed’ in some regions by Cornes & Cornes.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Reported from a farm near Al Khor by El Amin. Notes: A typographical error in El Amin’s book inadvertently put this species into the genus Senecio, but the record in any case is doubtful as this species is […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny, growing over Ziziphus.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. May. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in damp areas, including the edges of cultivated fields. Uses: Grazed, and used for fodder.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Apr. Status: Introduced. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Cultivated areas. Uses: Leaves and seeds used as salad, also used as a herb and spice in cooking for its aniseed-like Flavouring, e.g. to Flavour rice dishes. Numerous medicinal uses are described by Rizk & El-Ghazaly.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent or abundant in farms and gardens. Uses: Used as fodder (El Amin). Eaten raw by bedouin as a salad herb (Mandaville).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. May–Jul. Status: Introduced.Common. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: May occur as an escape from cultivation. Uses: This is a very common and widely grown fodder crop throughout the Arabian peninsula. Ghazanfar states the leaves are used to treat bruises, fractures and to stop nose-bleeds. Seeds are […]

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: Perennial herb. Flowering. May–Jun. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of wet places. Uses: Sometimes cultivated as ground cover in parts of the Gulf. A wide variety of medical uses are known (Rizk & El-Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded only once on Jebel Dukhan by El Amin. Uses: Used as a diuretic and astringent (Batanouny); a powerful narcotic and stomach iRenee Richeritant (Rizk & El-Ghazaly).

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, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. May. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of damp areas in farms and gardens. Uses: The plant is applied externally for bruises; various medicinal uses of the seed are reported (Rizk & El-Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: A weed of irrigated, cultivated places. Uses: Medicinal uses are described by Rizk & El-Ghazaly.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Introduced.Local. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of disturbed and enriched habitats, including cultivated areas, sewage ponds and gardens. Uses: Batanouny noted that the fruit is edible. Mandaville states that although sometimes listed as a poisonous plant, he has seen the ripe […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. All year. Status: Introduced. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny but no information given on status or distribution; likely to occur in damp, cultivated areas, as in other parts of the world.

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: Parasitic herb. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from cultivated areas on many different hosts including crops such as alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum); also on trees such as Prosopis and Ziziphus, and also on Chenopodium, Fagonia and Trigonella spp.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual parasitic herb. Flowering. Jan–Dec. Status: Introduced. Local. Needs confirmation for Qatar. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Batanouny mentions that this species is a fairly common parasite of cultivated alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum), as well as Ziziphus nummularia. Uses: Rizk & El-Ghazaly list a large number […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Parasitic herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Introduced. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Abdel Bari records it as a ‘common parasite on ornamental annuals.

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, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Introduced. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Cultivated areas.

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: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from cultivated lands in N Qatar. Uses: ‘Good fodder’ (El Amin).

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 : Climber, Flora

Growth form: Climber. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from Al Karaanah and Al KhaRenee. Still at the latter location, and also present at Qatar University campus (Mohammed Al Safran). Usually grows over Ziziphus or Acacia trees. Uses: Fruit edible (El Amin). Used in the treatment of fevers (Rizk […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Apr. Status: Native. Very common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to frequent in sandy soils after rains; is more common in and around inhabited and cultivated areas uses: Mandaville quotes earlier authors who reported that the leaves are eaten as a vegetable by […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or biennial herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occurs on various soils and a weed in urban areas, but may have been frequently mis-recorded for C. serpens. Uses: Sap is applied to poisonous bites (Jongbloed et al.). Notes: One of several very […]

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, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Apr. Status: Introduced. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of cultivation, irrigated soils and waste ground.

Kingdom : Flora, Tree

Growth form: Tree. Flowering. Oct–Jan, Mar–May. Status: Introduced. Very common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to abundant or dominant in sandy areas, disturbed habitats and cultivated areas. Originally planted in and around towns and villages but now naturalised and has spread into desert areas. Several authors note that it […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–May. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to abundant on saline ground, including cultivated areas and coastal sand. Uses: Rizk & El-Ghazaly report it to be used as a diuretic.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass, Herb

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia. habitat & distribution: Batanouny recorded this taxon from Umm Slal Mohammed growing in small depressions on calcareous ridges. It may also occur as a weed species in cultivated areas, as it does elsewhere in the Gulf. Uses: Mandaville remarks that […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Native. Very common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in shallow sandy deposits, sandy depressions and cultivated areas. Uses: Those listed by Ghazanfar include treatment of colic, constipation, swollen and inflamed eyes, using the leaves.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Mar. Status: Native. Very common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to frequent in sandy habitats. Uses: Said to be ‘palatable grazing’ by Batanouny, although El Amin says it is grazed by animals but not much liked because of the bristly fruit. Notes: A […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr.sSatus: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in cultivated and disturbed areas, including farms and gardens. Uses: Leaves are used as an emollient; crushed leaves are applied to scorpion stings, snake bites, irritating or itchy rashes (Ghazanfar).

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. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in cultivated and disturbed areas, including farms and gardens. Uses: Used in the treatment in a wide variety of stomach complaints and as a laxative (Rizk & El- Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: An occasional weed of gardens and other cultivated places.

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, Herb

Growth form: Annual or biennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: An escape from cultivation in farm areas. Uses: Widely grown as a salad vegetable. A wide variety of medicinal benefits and uses are described.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Introduced. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). The salt-tolerant plant H. curassavicum L. is also very likely to occur in Qatar in gardens and farms. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: A weed of cultivation.

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: Annual or biennial herb. Flowering. Feb–Apr. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed in gardens and other cultivated areas. Uses: Eaten in salads. The whole plant is considered an aphrodisiac and considered a cure for a wide range of medical conditions, including inflammations, ulcers, […]

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, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in Doha gardens and lawns, and in cultivated fields. May be native in some areas, but widely naturalised. Uses: Used for fodder (El Amin). Toxicity to sheep and cattle has been reported; ingestion of seed- heads […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A frequent weed of cultivated and irrigated areas. Uses: Various medicinal uses have been documented.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Dec–May. Status: Introduced. Not confirmed for Qatar, but very likely to occur. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Likely to occur in similar habitats to C. granulata.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from gardens and cultivated lands. Uses: Used for fodder (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Feb–Mar. Status:Native. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of cultivation.

Kingdom : Flora, Tree

Growth form: Tree. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Occasional to locally frequent where planted in gardens and roadsides. Rarely naturalised. Uses: Planted along roadsides as a shade tree. The fruits are edible.

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, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Feb–Jul. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent in cultivated land and other irrigated areas, including gardens.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or biennial herb. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of cultivation.

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed species of cultivated areas. Uses: Used for fodder (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Jun. Status: Introduced. Rare. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Cultivated fields; N Qatar. Uses: The plant is used in the treatment of diabetes, rabies and other diseases and medical conditions; the leaves have diuretic properties. Poisoning of cattle from the plant has been reported (Rizk & El-Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Annual or short-lived perennial grass. Flowering. Not known. Status: Native. First published record: Cope (2007). Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia.Habitat & distribution: May occur in farm areas as an escape from cultivation.Uses: Cultivated for fodder. Notes: Derived from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. and its wild ancestor S. arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf. (Cope).

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: Perennial herb or small shrub. Flowering. Dec–May. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in cultivated depressions, field margins and disturbed areas in C Qatar. Uses: Chrozophora species have been traditionally used in Arabia to produce dyes. Further details are given by Mandaville.

Kingdom : Flora, Tree

Growth form: Tree. Flowering. Oct–Feb. status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: UAE. habitat & distribution: A frequently planted tree, often used as screening or shelterbelt around farMohammed Al Safran. uses: Mandaville notes its economic importance in Saudi Arabia, listing various uses including traditional house construction, ornamental planting, afforestation and dune stabilization. A number of medicinal uses […]

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. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Farms and cultivated areas. Uses: A widely cultivated vegetable. Has been used in the treatment of various medical conditions including arthritis, chest-colds, dysentery, fever, mastitis, rheumatism, scurvy and skin ailments (Rizk & El-Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from cultivated fields in C Qatar.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Introduced. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Recorded at Al Sheehaniyah and Doha.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or biennial herb. Flowering. Feb–Apr. Status: Introduced. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: An occasional weed of cultivation. Uses: The leaves and sap have numerous medicinal properties.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

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

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny from Doha as a weed amongst cultivated plants.