![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1681/jpeg/14t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) with a flower on roadside of Salwa Road, near Nakhsh Mountain. Qatar, October 31, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1681/jpeg/15t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) emerging from sand on roadside of Salwa Road, near Nakhsh Mountain. Qatar, October 31, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1813/jpeg/19t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) on a gravel plane in Harrarah (Al Kharrarah). Southern Qatar, April 23, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1578/jpeg/14t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1578/jpeg/06t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1365/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pillow of scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) on roadside of a road from Dukhan to Al Jumayliyah. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1365/jpeg/09t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) with flowers on roadside of a road from Dukhan to Al Jumayliyah. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1365/jpeg/10t.jpg) Bush of scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) with flowers on roadside of a road from Dukhan to Al Jumayliyah. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1365/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spreading bush of scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) on roadside of a road from Dukhan to Al Jumayliyah. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1499/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fruits of scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) at entrance of Ras Abrouq Peninsula near Zekreet. Qatar, November 14, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1365/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pillow shaped bush of scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) near a road from Dukhan to Al Jumayliyah. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/08t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/841/jpeg/19t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name Hameira) in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/13t.jpg) Small plant of scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) in windblown sand on southern side of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1771/jpeg/04t.jpg) Desert plant Indigofera intricata (local name humeira) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1801/jpeg/03t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name Hameira) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Qatar, April 8, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/21t.jpg) Desert plant Indigofera intricata (local name humeira) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1812/jpeg/04t.jpg) Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata) with fruits on a gravel plane in Harrarah (Al Kharrarah). Southern Qatar, April 23, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/22t.jpg) Bush of a desert plant Indigofera intricata (local name humeira) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1772/jpeg/12t.jpg) Indigofera intricata (local name humeira) on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1772/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flower of Indigofera intricata (local name humeira) on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1772/jpeg/13t.jpg) Branches of Indigofera intricata (local name humeira) on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blooming seedling of Zygophyllum simplex (Tetraena simplex, local names Daa, harm, hureim) on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/18t.jpg) Seedling of Heliotropium bacciferum(?) on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/22t.jpg) Desert plant of Corchorus depressus on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/15t.jpg) Eggplant (Solanum melongena) near a water tank on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/17t.jpg) Eggplant (Solanum melongena) with flowers near a water tank on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/16t.jpg) Blooming eggplant (Solanum melongena) near a water tank on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1681/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blue panicgrass (Panicum antidotale) taken from area of water tank on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1681/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spikelet of blue panicgrass (Panicum antidotale) taken from area of water tank on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1681/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close up of a stalk of blue panicgrass (Panicum antidotale) taken from area of water tank on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1681/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower and a dissected ovary of eggplant (Solanum melongena) taken from area of water tank on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/21t.jpg) Seedling of Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense) on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1688/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blue panicgrass (Panicum antidotale) taken from area of water tank on roadside between Mesayeed and Harrarah. Qatar, November 13, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1685/jpeg/17t.jpg) Fresh shoot of Corchorus depressus in a depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, November 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/09t.jpg) Brownish plant Cornulaca aucheri(?) (local name thalj) at the foot of a sand dune near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1108/jpeg/14t.jpg) Scarlet Pea (Indigofera miniata) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, October 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1678/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brown caterpillar eating fresh leaves of sidra tree (Ziziphus nummularia) in on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, October 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1679/jpeg/03t.jpg) Shoot of wild jute (Corchorus trilocularis) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, October 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/858/jpeg/18t.jpg) Scarlet Pea (Indigofera miniata) in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, May 9, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/868/jpeg/10t.jpg) Scarlet Pea (Indigofera miniata) in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, June 12, 2010
![](../../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/2016/1745/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shoot of Haplophyllum tuberculatum (local name Meseika) in a desert on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1706/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fresh greenery after autumn rains on roadside of Dukhan Highway near Ash-Shahaniyah. Qatar, December 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1548/jpeg/14t.jpg) Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea, local name ain al qit) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, February 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1552/jpeg/24t.jpg) Fresh pubescent leaves of Pulicaria gnaphalodes on a roadside of a road near Zubara. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1706/jpeg/17t.jpg) Fresh green plants growing after autumn rains on roadside of Dukhan Highway near Ash-Shahaniyah. Qatar, December 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1706/jpeg/18t.jpg) Various fresh green plants growing after autumn rains on roadside of Dukhan Highway near Ash-Shahaniyah. Qatar, December 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1567/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sedge (Cyperus conglomeratus) on roadside of a road to Harrarah. Southern Qatar, March 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2253/jpeg/11t.jpg) Scarlet Pea (Indigofera miniata) on Moore s Hill Outcrop at FM Road 3090 near Navasota. Texas, April 29, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/10t.jpg) Minute scarlet flowers of 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/2020/2712/jpeg/09t.jpg) Scarlet Pea (Indigofera miniata) on Moore s Hill Outcrop at FM Road 3090 2 miles north-east from Navasota. Texas, May 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1568/jpeg/28t.jpg) Shoot of Zaleya pentandra taken from roadside in Trainah. Southern Qatar, March 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1584/jpeg/20t.jpg) Shoot of Bienertia cycloptera taken from roadside in Abu Samra, near the border. Southern Qatar, April 25, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1781/jpeg/23t.jpg) Shoot of Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance, local names remith, hamd) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1705/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fresh leaves of alfalfa (lucerne, Medicago sativa, local names jet, barseem)(?) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, December 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1697/jpeg/13t.jpg) Trailing shoot of Cocculus pendulus on roadside of Dukhan Road. Shahaniya, Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1694/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close up of shoot of Salsola drummondii taken from roadside of Salwa Road near Abu Samra. Qatar, November 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1697/jpeg/14t.jpg) Climbing shoot of Cocculus pendulus on roadside of Dukhan Road. Shahaniya, Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1545/jpeg/04t.jpg) Shoot of velvetleaf (Abutilon pannosum var. figarianum) on roadside of Dukhan Road. Qatar, February 13, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1699/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shoot of Tribulus macropterus with a flower and fruits taken from a roadside of Dukhan Highway in Ash-Shahaniyah. Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/14t.jpg) Desert plant Zygophyllum qatarense near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/20t.jpg) Eolian sand from area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1484/jpeg/17t.jpg) Shoot of Hulwort (Teucrium polium, local names jaad, yaad) on Jebel Fuwairit. Qatar, October 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/793/jpeg/02t.jpg) Red flower of Scarlet Pea (Indigofera miniata(?)) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 15, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/16t.jpg) Desert plant Zygophyllum qatarense in sand near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/06t.jpg) Effects of wind abrasion on limestone rocks near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/21t.jpg) Grits of eolian sand from area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bedouin camping place with rusty cans near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close up of desert plant Zygophyllum qatarense near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1355/jpeg/17t.jpg) Shoot of Texas Indian-mallow (Abutilon fruticosum, Abutilon denticulatum, local name gargadan) on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sand tracks of a big desert lizard in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower buds of desert plant Zygophyllum qatarense near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/08t.jpg) Fossilized sea urchin on desert plane in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/13t.jpg) Flat rocks wind-carved by drifting sand near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1706/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close up of a reddish shoot of common tumbleweed (Amaranthus albus) taken from roadside of Dukhan Highway near Ash-Shahaniyah. Qatar, December 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1684/jpeg/17t.jpg) Shoot of Corchorus depressus in a depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, November 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1177/jpeg/03t.jpg) Remains of Arabic newspaper in desert sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/26t.jpg) Taking nature picture of a desert plant in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/22t.jpg) Mixture of course and fine grained eolian sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/07t.jpg) Placing pitfall traps in sand at the foot of a barchan dune near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/18t.jpg) Rounded and fine-grained eolian sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/19t.jpg) Eroded flint stones by drifting sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1177/jpeg/25t.jpg) Two fossil sea urchins (echinoids, echinoderms) taken from desert in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 22, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flint rocks carved by drifting sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sand blasted flint rocks in planes in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/23t.jpg) Wind driven sand grains of two different sizes in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/06t.jpg) Effects of wind abrasion on desert rocks in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1177/jpeg/24t.jpg) Fossil sea urchins (echinoids, echinoderms) taken from desert in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 22, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1684/jpeg/20t.jpg) Shoot of Corchorus depressus with fruits in a depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, November 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1685/jpeg/25t.jpg) Shoot of Corchorus depressus with fruits taken from a depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, November 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tracks of toad-headed agama lizard at the foot of a sand dune near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/15t.jpg) Poop of a desert lizard with remains of plants in sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/10t.jpg) Remains of a bedouin campfire with a rusty tin can on desert plane in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/03t.jpg) Wind carved flint rocks (aeolian abrasion) in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1176/jpeg/12t.jpg) View from a crest of an arc-shaped sand dune (barchan) in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close up of rounded and fine-grained eolian sand in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1627/jpeg/17t.jpg) Fresh shoot of spruce tree in Old Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1398/jpeg/04t.jpg) Shoot of desert gourd Citrullus colocynthis (bitter apples, Cucumis colocynthis, local names handal, shary, Handhal) on roadside of Salwa Road near Karaana, south-west from Doha. Qatar, April 23, 2014
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