Kingdom : Flora, Sedge

Growth form: Sedge. Flowering. Mar–Jun. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Batanouny only recorded it in a permanently wet area at Ras Ushirij, at the edge of a patch of Typha domingensis.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: Introduced. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of moist ground in cultivated areas. Notes: The record of P. equisetiformis by Obeid (1975) reported by Batanouny, a Mediteranean species, is probably referable to this species (see Miller & Cope 1996, p. 129) […]

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny from Al Wabrah. Uses: Used for fodder (El Amin).

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Perennial grass. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Native. Very common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent to abundant in saline habitats, including sabkha edge, saltmarsh and the edges of permanent wetland areas. Sometimes dominates large areas of saline flats. Uses: El Amin states this species to be good fodder.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Jan–Mar. Status: Native. Uncertain. Also recorded: Kuwait. Habitat & distribution: A species of moist ground. Notes: The only Stellaria species listed for Qatar by Miller & Cope, who comment on the difficulty in identifying this and S. media with certainty.

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

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Not known. Status: First published record: Obeid (1975). Not in other Gulf Floras. Notes: A North African species not recorded by other botanists in Arabia. Obeid’s record could relate to a casual occurrence of an introduced plant, or be in error for another species.

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 […]