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: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from irrigated lawns in Doha to Batanouny. Uses: Medicinal uses are listed by Rizk & El-Ghazaly.

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: Annual herb. Flowering. Jan–Mar. Status: Introduced. Rare. First published record: Abdel Bari (1997). Also recorded: Kuwait. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from a roadside. Uses: A salad herb. Various medicinal uses are reported.

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

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