![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/04t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians in sand in Al Ghariya on north-western coast, view from south. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1369/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming milkweed Glossonema varians (Glossonema edule, local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) in a runnel north from Dukhan in western Qatar, March 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/03t.jpg) Lighthouse on a beach in Al Ghariya (Ra s Umm Hasah Light) on north-western coast, view from south. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1369/jpeg/06t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians (Glossonema edule, local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) in a runnel north from Dukhan in western Qatar, March 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1336/jpeg/09t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians on sand in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1537/jpeg/19t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians (Glossonema edule, local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) on rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Qatar, January 31, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1537/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blooming milkweed Glossonema varians (local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) on rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Qatar, January 31, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/840/jpeg/03t.jpg) Blooming milkweed Glossonema varians with edible, softly spinous, fleshy follicles (jarawah, fruit). Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 5, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/02t.jpg) Lighthouse in Al Ghariya (Ra s Umm Hasah Light) on north-western coast. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/01t.jpg) Lighthouse on a beach in Al Ghariya (Ra s Umm Hasah Light) on north-western coast. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/921/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blooming milkweed Glossonema varians in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1024/jpeg/15t.jpg) Soft buds of milkweed Glossonema varians in Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blooming Glossonema varians (Glossonema edule, local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) near a road to Saudi Arabia in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1537/jpeg/22t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians (local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) in sand on rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Qatar, January 31, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seedling of milkweed Glossonema varians near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/14t.jpg) Blooming desert plant Glossonema varians (Glossonema edule, local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) near a road to Saudi Arabia in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1537/jpeg/21t.jpg) Young plant of milkweed Glossonema varians (local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) on rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Qatar, January 31, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1397/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seed pods of milkweed Glossonema varians (local names jarawa, yarawa) on roadside of Salwa Road, south-west from Doha. Qatar, April 23, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/17t.jpg) Seedling of milkweed Glossonema varians in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1346/jpeg/15t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians near Harrarah in southern Qatar, February 14, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1728/jpeg/04t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians on roadside of Dukhan Highway near Al Shakhaniya. Qatar, January 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1783/jpeg/02t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians in a runnel near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/03t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1545/jpeg/08t.jpg) Young plant of Glossonema varians emerging from sand in a runnel north from Dukhan. Qatar, February 13, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1784/jpeg/04t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians (local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) on rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1784/jpeg/03t.jpg) Milkweed Glossonema varians (local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) with flowers on rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flowering desert plant Glossonema varians (Glossonema edule, local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) near a road to Saudi Arabia in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of a desert plant Glossonema varians (Glossonema edule, local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) near a road to Saudi Arabia in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1363/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ladybugs eating aphids feeding on Glossonema varians (Glossonema edule, local names attar, jarawa, yarawa) in area of Ras Laffan farms. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1703/jpeg/13t.jpg) View from a rocky ridge in Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 12, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1713/jpeg/01t.jpg) View from a rocky ridge in Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 26, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1713/jpeg/20t.jpg) View to the east from a rocky ridge in Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 26, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1621/jpeg/24t.jpg) Large plant of Salsola cyclophylla in area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) water well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, July 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1621/jpeg/23t.jpg) Large bush of Salsola cyclophylla in area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) water well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, July 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/843/jpeg/08t.jpg) Salt Dome of Jahani between Shabid and Panj Shir and valley of Rudhaneye-Firuzabad River in south-western Iran, view to south-east. View from a window of a plane from Doha, Qatar to Houston, TX, March 16, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1611/jpeg/11t.jpg) View from a jebel (stone hill) of old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 13, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/12t.jpg) Road in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1353/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blooming tamarisk (Tamarix passerinoides) at entrance of Umm Bab in south-western Qatar, February 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/11t.jpg) Stone ruins in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/14t.jpg) Ruins of a school in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1354/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming milkvetch Astragalus arpilobus subsp. hauarensis near Umm Bab in south-western Qatar, February 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1353/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blooming twig of tamarisk (Tamarix passerinoides) at entrance of Umm Bab in south-western Qatar, February 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/843/jpeg/06t.jpg) View along a ridge from Mount Keylagkuh in south-western Iran. View from a window of a plane from Doha, Qatar to Houston, TX, March 16, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/13t.jpg) Girl s section of a school in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1703/jpeg/25t.jpg) View of a farm from Al Thugab Fort, on northern coast. Qatar, December 12, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/08t.jpg) Stone house on northern side in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/09t.jpg) Stone house near a beach road in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/03t.jpg) Korela Fortress in Priozersk, view from south-east. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/843/jpeg/05t.jpg) Village of Hangam, view along a ridge from Mount Keylagkuh in south-western Iran. View from a window of a plane from Doha, Qatar to Houston, TX, March 16, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blooming morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) on waste ground at the entrance of Umm Bab in south-western Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1353/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming desert species of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) at entrance of Umm Bab in south-western Qatar, February 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ruins of a stone house on northern side in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/07t.jpg) Crumbling stone house on northern side in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/26t.jpg) Old roundabout at the entrance of Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/16t.jpg) Blooming plant of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) on waste ground at the entrance of Umm Bab in south-western Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/08t.jpg) Sandy area at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to south-east. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sand texture at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to south-east. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/24t.jpg) Old mosque in Mazraat Al Saalouiya near a road to Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/27t.jpg) Palm trunk on old roundabout at the entrance of Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/30t.jpg) Dry bush of Nerium oleander on old roundabout near Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1495/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blooming Tribulus pentandrus(?) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, October 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1494/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blooming Reichardia intermedia(?) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, October 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/09t.jpg) Sandy area at sunrise near Mesaieed, view to south-east, with Sealine Beach Resort in background. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/32t.jpg) Salt tolerant plants in desert near a road to Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dry trunk of a palm tree on old roundabout at the entrance of Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1741/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming false sowthistle (Reichardia tingitana) in area of Jabal Al Jassasiya, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, January 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1752/jpeg/09t.jpg) Blooming Arabian Primrose (Arnebia hispidissima) in area of Jabal Al Jassasiya, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, February 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/31t.jpg) Green branch of Nerium oleander with fruits on old roundabout near Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/25t.jpg) Stone yard of an old mosque in Mazraat Al Saalouiya near a road to Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1497/jpeg/10t.jpg) Blooming desert plant Pulicaria gnaphalodes on Fuwairit Hills (Jabal Fuwayrith), on north-eastern coast. Qatar, November 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1790/jpeg/10t.jpg) Blooming sea lavender (Qetaif, Limonium axillare) near a rocky ridge in Jabal Al Jassasiya, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, March 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/10t.jpg) Beach road near Nokhitha - Ajlan bin Mohammed bin Khalfan bin Mubarak Al Kuwari - Rahmatullah House in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1385/jpeg/13t.jpg) Blooming arfaj (Rhanterium epapposum) in a small wadi near Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya Farms. South-western Qatar, March 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1502/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blooming bush of Leptadenia pyrotechnica on the border of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, November 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1495/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming black pigweed (Trianthema portulacastrum) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, October 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1494/jpeg/14t.jpg) Blooming silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, October 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/25t.jpg) Sand mounds (habitat of Seidlitzia rosmarinus) near Mesaieed, with Sealine Beach Resort in background, view to south-east. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/29t.jpg) Wind abrasion of a dry trunk of a palm tree on old roundabout at the entrance of Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1353/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming shrub Dipterygium glaucum (Cleome pallida Kotschy, Dipterygium scabrum) at entrance of Umm Bab in south-western Qatar, February 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1495/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming Morning glory (bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, October 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1501/jpeg/11t.jpg) Blooming Morning glory (bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, November 15, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1774/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming bush of Arfaj (Rhanterium epapposum) on periphery of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, March 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/17t.jpg) A tree of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) near a road to Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1753/jpeg/17t.jpg) Blooming scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea) in a small runnel in area of Ras Laffan Farms, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, February 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1753/jpeg/22t.jpg) Blooming plant of Ononis sicula (Barak Sicily) in a small runnel in area of Ras Laffan Farms, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, February 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1493/jpeg/14t.jpg) Blooming balloon cherry (cutleaf groundcherry, Physalis angulata) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, October 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1494/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming balloon cherry (cutleaf groundcherry, Physalis angulata) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, October 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1788/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blooming stork s bill (Monsonia nivea, Erodium neveum) in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh (Khashm an Nakhsh). South-western Qatar, March 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1789/jpeg/03t.jpg) Blooming seedling of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) on roadside in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh (Khashm an Nakhsh). South-western Qatar, March 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1354/jpeg/23t.jpg) Blooming Zygophyllum simplex (Tetraena simplex, local names Daa, harm, hureim) on roadside of Salwa Road in south-western Qatar, February 21, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/19t.jpg) A tree of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) in desert near a road to Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/18t.jpg) Small tree of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) near a road to Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1840/jpeg/20t.jpg) Solitary tree of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) near a road to Al Dhabiya on north-western coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, June 17, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/843/jpeg/02t.jpg) Jam and its airport (KNR) in south-western Iran. View from a window of a plane from Doha, Qatar to Houston, TX, March 16, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1752/jpeg/23t.jpg) Blooming false sowthistle (Reichardia tingitana, local name Hawzan or mureer, Hawdhan) in area of Jabal Al Jassasiya, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, February 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1753/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming false sowthistle (Reichardia tingitana, local name Hawzan or mureer, Hawdhan) in area of Jabal Al Jassasiya, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, February 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1753/jpeg/23t.jpg) Blooming plant of Ononis sicula (Barak Sicily) extracted from a small runnel in area of Ras Laffan Farms, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, February 12, 2016
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