![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/26t.jpg) Linaria albifrons near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1374/jpeg/05t.jpg) Plants of Linaria albifrons near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1374/jpeg/04t.jpg) Linaria albifrons with flowers near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1374/jpeg/01t.jpg) Blooming Linaria albifrons near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1374/jpeg/07t.jpg) Seeds of Linaria albifrons taken from area near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1374/jpeg/02t.jpg) Rare plant Linaria albifrons near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/22t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons on roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/10t.jpg) Linaria albifrons against a picture of a desert taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/11t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons extracted from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/03t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons with a flower taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/25t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons against blue sky on roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/20t.jpg) Habitat of plants of Linaria albifrons on roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/23t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons with a flower on roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/26t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons on white background on roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/01t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons on white background taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blooming Linaria albifrons on white background taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/02t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons on dark background taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming Linaria albifrons on dark background taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/24t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons on dark background on roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming Linaria albifrons against a picture of a desert taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/21t.jpg) Wide angle view of plants of Linaria albifrons on roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flower of Linaria albifrons with a picture of a desert as background taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming Linaria albifrons with a picture of a desert as background taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1759/jpeg/08t.jpg) Plant of Linaria albifrons with a picture of a desert as background taken from a roadside south from Ras Laffan. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1400/jpeg/02t.jpg) Seed capsules of Ochradenus aucheri near Abu Nahlah Road, south from Doha. Qatar, April 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1396/jpeg/20t.jpg) Winged seed capsules of hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) on Al Istiqlal Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, April 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1553/jpeg/20t.jpg) Seed capsules of spurry (Spergula fallax) in Uwaynat Bin Husayn near Simaisma. Qatar, March 6, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1497/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dry seed capsules of figwort Scrophularia deserti on Fuwairit Hills (Jabal Fuwayrith), on north-eastern coast. Qatar, November 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1397/jpeg/21t.jpg) Round dry seed capsules (fruits) of flax (Linum usitatissimum) on roadside of Salwa Road, south-west from Doha. Qatar, April 23, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1556/jpeg/12t.jpg) Winged seed capsules of hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) on Al Istiqlal Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, March 8, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1555/jpeg/07t.jpg) Opened seed capsules of spurry (Spergula fallax) taken from Uwaynat Bin Husayn near Simaisma. Northern Qatar, March 6, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1556/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close up of winged seed capsules of hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) on Al Istiqlal Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, March 8, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1472/jpeg/03t.jpg) Seed capsules of Calopogon tuberosus (grass pink orchid) near a pond in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1361/jpeg/17t.jpg) Seed pod of many-flowered Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis multisiliquosa(?), local name Qileiqlan) in abandoned farms in Ras Laffan. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/11t.jpg) Globular seed pods of Reseda muricata with ants in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spherical seed pods of Reseda muricata with ants in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1590/jpeg/14t.jpg) Snake tongue grass (Corymbose Hedyotis, Oldenlandia corymbosa) with seed capsules on Al Sanaa Street in Al Jebailat area near West Bay. Doha, Qatar, May 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1590/jpeg/21t.jpg) Seed capsules of snake tongue grass (Corymbose Hedyotis, Oldenlandia corymbosa) taken from Al Sanaa Street in Al Jebailat area near West Bay. Doha, Qatar, May 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1361/jpeg/08t.jpg) Seed pods of Astragalus corrugatus(?) (Astragalus crenatus, Astragalus cruciatus, local names halag, khawatim al barr) in abandoned farms in Ras Laffan. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3413/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dry seed capsules of rattle-box water primrose (Ludwigia alternifolia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2744/jpeg/11t.jpg) Bur-like seed capsules with hooks of Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/24t.jpg) Fruits of Heron s bill (Erodium oxyrrhynchum) near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/25t.jpg) Leaf of Heron s bill (Erodium oxyrrhynchum) near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/23t.jpg) Annual rabbitsfoot grass (Polypogon monspeliensis) near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1374/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seeds of Heron s bill (Erodium oxyrrhynchum) near Ras Laffan. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1374/jpeg/11t.jpg) Seeds of Savignya parviflora taken from area of Ras Laffan. Doha, Qatar, March 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1368/jpeg/13t.jpg) Stone seed (Echiochilon persicum(?)) in a runnel north from Dukhan in western Qatar, March 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/16t.jpg) Seed of Khozama plant (Horwoodia dicksoniae) near a fence of Al Defai Farm in Lebwairda area north from Al Khor. Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1365/jpeg/03t.jpg) Horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis constricta, local name umm ghurein) with flat seed pods near Dukhan Road. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2824/jpeg/19t.jpg) Seed capsules of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) taken from Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 4, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1758/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dry seed pods of gum arabic tree (babul, Vachellia nilotica, Acacia arabica) on the ground in abandoned gardens in area of Ras Laffan farms. North-eastern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2824/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close-up of seed capsules of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) taken from Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 4, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2821/jpeg/20t.jpg) Seed capsules of beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1364/jpeg/06t.jpg) Medicago monantha (Trigonella monantha) with long seed pods near Dukhan Road. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/716/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seed puffs released from a seed pod of ten-petal anemone (windflower, Anemone heterophylla), in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. A picture of the same sort of windflower was taken a month ago. Now elongated domes of ovaries turned into cylindrical seed heads. Humble (Houston area), Texas, March 1, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1356/jpeg/01t.jpg) Unripe globular fruit capsules with persistent calyces of scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea, local name ain al qit) on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/842/jpeg/03t.jpg) Tiny fruits (globose-ovoid capsules) of small asphodel lily Asphodelus tenuifolius. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1405/jpeg/27t.jpg) Snake tongue grass (Corymbose Hedyotis, Oldenlandia corymbosa) with flowers and fruit capsules in shady area near back entrance of Weill Cornell Medical College on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, May 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1371/jpeg/24t.jpg) Seed pod among dry leaves fallen on the ground of mesquite (Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis chilensis, ironwood, local names meskeet, ghweif, al ghaf) in Trainah gardens. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1371/jpeg/25t.jpg) Seed pod with dry leaves fallen on the ground of mesquite (Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis chilensis, ironwood, local names meskeet, ghweif, al ghaf) in Trainah gardens. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1364/jpeg/26t.jpg) Medicago laciniata (Medicago polymorpha, Medicago aschersoniana, local names nafal abu hasak, hassak, jet barri) and a torpedo seed of Erodium near Dukhan Road. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1365/jpeg/01t.jpg) Medicago laciniata (Medicago polymorpha, Medicago aschersoniana, local names nafal abu hasak, hassak, jet barri) and a stray torpedo seed of Erodium near Dukhan Road. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1364/jpeg/25t.jpg) Medicago laciniata (Medicago polymorpha, Medicago aschersoniana, local names nafal abu hasak, hassak, jet barri) and a torpedo seed of Erodium (at the bottom) near Dukhan Road. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1503/jpeg/18t.jpg) Gardens in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, November 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1503/jpeg/16t.jpg) Old village in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, November 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1503/jpeg/15t.jpg) Old mosque in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, November 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1490/jpeg/23t.jpg) Old mosque in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1486/jpeg/20t.jpg) Seed pods of Cleome noeana taken Fuwairit in Northern Qatar, October 4, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1486/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close up of a seed pod of Cleome noeana taken Fuwairit in Northern Qatar, October 4, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/28t.jpg) Germinating seed of mangrove (Avicennia marina) taken from Al Khor. Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1363/jpeg/08t.jpg) Aaronsohnia factorovskyi(?) in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1490/jpeg/24t.jpg) Remains of an old village in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1490/jpeg/25t.jpg) Sone ruins in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1362/jpeg/16t.jpg) Snake s skeleton in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1503/jpeg/20t.jpg) Stone house in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, November 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1503/jpeg/19t.jpg) Abandoned gardens in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, November 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1360/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ononis sicula (Barak Sicily) near Ras Laffan. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1503/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ruins of old village in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, November 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1497/jpeg/01t.jpg) Grass Pennisetum divisum in area between Al Khor and Ras Laffan. Qatar, November 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1503/jpeg/14t.jpg) Skull of an animal in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, November 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1485/jpeg/08t.jpg) Seed pods of Cleome noeana growing near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, October 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1363/jpeg/13t.jpg) Astragalus tribuloides on dry silt in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1497/jpeg/02t.jpg) Shoot of Hulwort (Teucrium polium) in area between Al Khor and Ras Laffan. Qatar, November 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1362/jpeg/20t.jpg) Seeds of Picris radicata(?) in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1362/jpeg/19t.jpg) Aaronsohnia factorovskyi or may be Tripleurospermum in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1490/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dovecot in a village of Al Mashrab in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1487/jpeg/14t.jpg) Old furniture in a village of Al Mashrab in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 6, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1363/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dry stalks of a desert plant in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1362/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close up of Pteranthus dichotomus in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1498/jpeg/08t.jpg) Green seed pod of Senna italica (Cassia) on roadside near Trainah. Southern Qatar, November 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1485/jpeg/14t.jpg) Glandular hairs on seed pods of Cleome noeana near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, October 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1355/jpeg/24t.jpg) Unripe fruit capsules held by persistent finger-like sepals of Corn Snapdragon (Weasel s Snout, Misopates orontium, Antirrhinum orontium, local name saysam) growing in bushes of Ziziphus nummularia on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1363/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flowers of Aaronsohnia factorovskyi or may be Tripleurospermum in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1490/jpeg/16t.jpg) Abandoned cart in a village of Al Mashrab in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1363/jpeg/14t.jpg) Astragalus tribuloides growing on dry silt in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1487/jpeg/16t.jpg) Remains of a garden in a village of Al Mashrab in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 6, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1490/jpeg/15t.jpg) Abandoned greenhouse in a village of Al Mashrab in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1490/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pile of boulders in a village of Al Mashrab in area of Ras Laffan Farms. Northern Qatar, October 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1362/jpeg/08t.jpg) Pteranthus dichotomus growing in silt in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
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