Kingdom : Flora, Tree

Growth form: Shrub or tree. Flowering. May–Jul. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE. Habitat & distribution: In Qatar mainly in disturbed areas where there is run-off of rainwater or irrigation, such as farms, roadsides and gardens. Rarely away from habitation. Not included in the accounts by Batanouny or El Amin, but was probably […]

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. Mar–May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: A weed of lawns (Batanouny) and waste ground (Abdel Bari).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent to abundant, or locally dominant in shallow sandy runnels and depressions on gravel plains; mostly S Qatar. Uses: ‘Whole plant is good fodder; fruit eaten by animals’ (El Amin); Mandaville also states that the very […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Introduced. Also recorded: Bahrain, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from a single location by Batanouny, but occurs in irigated lawns and other damp places elsewhere in the Gulf, so may be more widespread now in Qatar. Uses: Rizk & El-Ghazaly list numerous cosmetic and medicinal […]

Kingdom : Flora, Grass

Growth form: Annual grass. Flowering. Apr–May. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: UAE. Habitat & distribution: Recorded by Batanouny from a depression at Al MagDebbie Allanh, growing under the shade of Ziziphus and Lycium bushes.

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.