![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1745/jpeg/05t.jpg) Sandy desert on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1745/jpeg/03t.jpg) Acacia tortilis(?) in a desert on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1745/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flint stones in a desert on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1745/jpeg/04t.jpg) Leptadenia pyrotechnica in a desert on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1745/jpeg/09t.jpg) Haplophyllum tuberculatum (local name Meseika) in a desert on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1745/jpeg/08t.jpg) Black flint stones covering surface of a desert on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../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/2016/1745/jpeg/11t.jpg) Chrysopogon plumulosus on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/22t.jpg) Desert spider flower Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/11t.jpg) Plants of desert spider flower Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) on roadside in Al Ameria near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1767/jpeg/08t.jpg) Wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) on roadside of Sawda Natheel Road. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/09t.jpg) Desert spider flower Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) with seed pods on roadside in Al Ameria near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1745/jpeg/12t.jpg) Seedling of bitter gourd (Citrullus colocynthis) on roadside of a road to Umm Hota Village, near Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1767/jpeg/11t.jpg) Wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) in sand on roadside of Sawda Natheel Road. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1767/jpeg/09t.jpg) Wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) with spikes on roadside of Sawda Natheel Road. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/10t.jpg) Desert spider flower Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) with seed pods in windblown sand on roadside in Al Ameria near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1745/jpeg/01t.jpg) Crested form (abnormal growth, forma cristata) of bindweed (Convolvulus pilosellifolius)(?) on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/02t.jpg) Desert grasshopper Sphingonotus savignyi near Sawda Natheel Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/14t.jpg) Desert spider flower Cleome amblyocarpa near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/26t.jpg) Yellow desert plant Aizoon canariense near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/20t.jpg) Seedling of a desert plant Aizoon canariense near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/01t.jpg) Grass Stipagrostis obtusa on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 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/2014/1340/jpeg/27t.jpg) Yellow desert plant Aizoon canariense with fruits near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mat-forming prostrate desert plant Aizoon canariense near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../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/2016/1807/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spikelets of grass Stipagrostis obtusa taken from roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1783/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming bush of Ochradenus aucheri on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1783/jpeg/08t.jpg) Isolated bush of Ochradenus aucheri on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1767/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sawda Natheel Road. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/16t.jpg) Blooming desert plant Reseda muricata (local name showla) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../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/2016/1745/jpeg/02t.jpg) Crested form (abnormal growth, forma cristata) of bindweed (Convolvulus pilosellifolius)(?) with a stiff stem in a shallow wadi on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, February 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/13t.jpg) Rabbitsfoot grass (Polypogon monspeliensis) on roadside in Al Ameria near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/02t.jpg) Silvery spikes of grass Stipagrostis obtusa on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spikes of grass Stipagrostis obtusa(?) without plume on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1783/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming bush of Ochradenus aucheri on stony ground on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close up of a spike of grass Stipagrostis obtusa(?) without plume on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/12t.jpg) Centaurea sinaica (local names birkan, murrar) on roadside in Al Ameria near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/06t.jpg) Light brown spikes of grass Stipagrostis obtusa(?) without plume on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/08t.jpg) Desert plant Launaea capitata (Zollikoferia glomerata, local names huwa, hazan) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/07t.jpg) Desert plant Virgin s Hand (Anastatica hierochuntica, local names kaf mariam, jefaiea) near Sawda Natheel Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/05t.jpg) Leaves of a desert plant Fagonia glutinosa (local names dereima, showeika, shaki, shoka) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flower of a desert plant Fagonia glutinosa (local names dereima, showeika, shaki, shoka) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1767/jpeg/05t.jpg) Spikelets of grass Chrysopogon plumulosus near Sawda Natheel Road. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/13t.jpg) Desert spider flower Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/12t.jpg) Rare desert spider flower Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mat-forming prostrate desert plant Corchorus depressus (local names sutaih, rukbat al jamal, Mulakhiyah al bar) near Sawda Natheel Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fruits of Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/24t.jpg) Flowers of Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/05t.jpg) Starfish shaped desert plant of purslane-leaved aizoon (Aizoon canariense) near Sawda Natheel Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) with fruits and flowers on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1767/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spikelets of grass Chrysopogon plumulosus on white background near Sawda Natheel Road. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1767/jpeg/10t.jpg) Wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) beside Sawda Natheel Road. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1767/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spikelets of grass Chrysopogon plumulosus on dark background near Sawda Natheel Road. Southern Qatar, February 26, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/23t.jpg) Desert plant Zygophyllum simplex (Tetraena simplex, local names Daa, harm, hureim) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/06t.jpg) Desert plant of Zygophyllum simplex (Tetraena simplex, local names Daa, harm, hureim) near Sawda Natheel Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/06t.jpg) Desert borage Anchusa hispida (Gastrocotyle hispida, local names ainbacees, rims) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/26t.jpg) Plant of Cleome Clover (Cleome amblyocarpa) on white background on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/10t.jpg) Desert gourd Citrullus colocynthis (Cucumis colocynthis, local names handal, shary, Handhal) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/09t.jpg) Field of desert watermellons Citrullus colocynthis (Cucumis colocynthis, local names handal, shary, Handhal) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower of desert gourd Citrullus colocynthis (Cucumis colocynthis, local names handal, shary, Handhal) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/02t.jpg) Desert plant Medicago laciniata (Medicago polymorpha, local names nafal abu hasak, hassak, jet barri) with seeds near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/15t.jpg) Desert gourd Citrullus colocynthis (bitter apples, Cucumis colocynthis, local names handal, shary, Handhal) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming desert plant Launaea capitata (Launaea glomerata, Zollikoferia glomerata, local names huwa, hazan) in sand near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pulicaria undulata (Francoeruria crispa, Pulicaria crispa, local names jithjath, yethyas) on roadside of a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/25t.jpg) Milkvetch Astragalus eremophilus near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1783/jpeg/05t.jpg) Grass of Chrysopogon plumulosus in a runnel near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 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/2016/1783/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bush of Ochradenus aucheri in a runnel near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/17t.jpg) Leaf of Launaea mucronata(?) in sand near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1807/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bushy bindweed (Convolvulus prostratus) in Al Ameria near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, April 15, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1783/jpeg/01t.jpg) Slender grass Stipagrostis obtusa in a runnel near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/07t.jpg) Carcass of dhub (spiny-tailed agama) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cutleaf Heron s-bill (Erodium laciniatum) near Sawda Natheel Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1783/jpeg/03t.jpg) Slender grass Stipagrostis obtusa with silvery spikes in a runnel near a road to Sawda Natheel. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sand button (creeping thorn rose, Neurada procumbens, local name saadan) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/24t.jpg) Knucklehead Weed (Sclerocephalus arabicus, Paronychia sclerocephala, local names hasak, thereisa) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1339/jpeg/04t.jpg) Purslane-leaved aizoon (Aizoon canariense) near Sawda Natheel Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1591/jpeg/01t.jpg) Weathered limestone rocks in area of Nakhsh Mountain near Salwa Road in southern Qatar, May 8, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/13t.jpg) Cracked limestone rocks in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/09t.jpg) Overhanging limestone rocks in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/12t.jpg) Sunrise over limestone rocks in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/19t.jpg) Bush of Salsola cyclophylla on limestone rocks in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/20t.jpg) Bush of Traganum nudatum on limestone rocks in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/18t.jpg) Bush of Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) on limestone rocks in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1843/jpeg/08t.jpg) Aerodynamically eroded limestone rocks (wind abrasion) on a tabletop mountain in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, June 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1780/jpeg/09t.jpg) Desert borage Anchusa hispida in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1812/jpeg/21t.jpg) View of desert from limestone cliffs in Harrarah (Al Kharrarah). Southern Qatar, April 23, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1792/jpeg/01t.jpg) Desert campion (Silene villosa, local name terba) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1816/jpeg/23t.jpg) Desert species of morning glory (Convolvulus cephalopodus) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, April 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1771/jpeg/02t.jpg) Desert campion (Silene villosa, local name terba) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 4, 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/2014/1342/jpeg/23t.jpg) Field of rotten desert gourd (Citrullus colocynthis, local names handal, shary, Handhal) on a roadside of Abu Samra Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1816/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flowers of desert campion (Silene villosa, local name terba) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, April 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1780/jpeg/08t.jpg) Desert Campion (Silene villosa, local name terba) with flowers in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1780/jpeg/05t.jpg) Desert Campion (Silene villosa, local name terba) in bloom in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1816/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming desert campion (Silene villosa, local name terba) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, April 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1342/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seedling of a desert plant Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense) on a roadside of Abu Samra Road in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
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