![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/22t.jpg) Spikelets of wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) taken from roadside of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spikelets of wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) taken from roadside of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1760/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close up of spikelets of wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) on roadside of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1760/jpeg/21t.jpg) Wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) on roadside of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1760/jpeg/23t.jpg) Spike of wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) on roadside of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 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/2016/1767/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/2016/1810/jpeg/25t.jpg) Wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) in a roadside depression near Salwa Road. Qatar, April 22, 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/2016/1780/jpeg/22t.jpg) Wire grass (Ochthochloa compressa, local name Hamrah) on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1780/jpeg/20t.jpg) Wire grass (Ochthochloa compressa, local name Hamrah) 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/21t.jpg) Wire grass (Ochthochloa compressa, local name Hamrah) with spikes in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1810/jpeg/30t.jpg) Wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) in a wadi near Salwa Road, near Mukaynis. Qatar, April 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1774/jpeg/15t.jpg) Wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) on periphery of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, March 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1774/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spikes of wire grass Ochthochloa compressa (local name Hamrah) on periphery of Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. South-western Qatar, March 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/01t.jpg) Grass of Chrysopogon plumulosus in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/09t.jpg) Candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/03t.jpg) Spear grass (Stipa capensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1760/jpeg/22t.jpg) Colony of grass Schismus arabicus in sand on roadside of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/06t.jpg) Althaea ludwigii (local name khatma) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/04t.jpg) Spikes of spear grass (Stipa capensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/02t.jpg) Field of spear grass (Stipa capensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spike of candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of Althaea ludwigii (local name khatma) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/07t.jpg) Leaves of Althaea ludwigii (local name khatma) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/13t.jpg) Blooming Althaea ludwigii (local name khatma) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blooming Althaea ludwigii (local name khatma) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/15t.jpg) Dense stand of spear grass (Stipa capensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brown spikes of candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spike of candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) against blue sky in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/14t.jpg) Wide angle view of a field of spear grass (Stipa capensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/15t.jpg) Chrysopogon plumulosus grass on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/18t.jpg) common Mediterranean grass (Schismus barbatus) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/13t.jpg) Spikelets of grass Chrysopogon plumulosus taken from roadside of a road from Dukhan to Al Jumayliyah. Western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../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/2016/1804/jpeg/15t.jpg) Red berries of Cocculus pendulus (local names khuneigh, gurdhi) found on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming Arnebia hispidissima (Lithospermum hispidissimum, local names kahal, hasheshat al arnab) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/14t.jpg) Red berries and green galls on Cocculus pendulus (local names khuneigh, gurdhi) found on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/05t.jpg) Arnebia hispidissima (Lithospermum hispidissimum, local names kahal, hasheshat al arnab) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/25t.jpg) Plant of Arnebia hispidissima (Lithospermum hispidissimum, local names kahal, hasheshat al arnab) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/08t.jpg) Arnebia hispidissima (Lithospermum hispidissimum, local names kahal, hasheshat al arnab) with flowers in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../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/2014/1360/jpeg/08t.jpg) Spikelets of purple false brome grass (Brachypodium distachyon)(?) on roadside of a road to Zubara in area of Thaghab Al Majda. North-western Qatar, February 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/06t.jpg) Lower view of Arnebia hispidissima (Lithospermum hispidissimum, local names kahal, hasheshat al arnab) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1770/jpeg/13t.jpg) Opened spikelets of grass Chrysopogon plumulosus taken from a depression near Al Zubara Road in northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1760/jpeg/26t.jpg) Annual lovegrass (Eragrostis barrelieri)(?) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spikes of stinkgrass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 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/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/2016/1803/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cutleaf Heron s bill (Erodium laciniatum, Geranium laciniatum, local names qarnawah, ibrat al rahib) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1789/jpeg/10t.jpg) Flower spikelets of desert grass Panicum turgidum (local name Thummam) in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/14t.jpg) Picris radicata(?) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1552/jpeg/21t.jpg) Spear grass (Stipa capensis, local names samma, safa) growing in a roadside depression of a road to Zubara. Qatar, February 28, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/23t.jpg) Wild gourd (Cucumis prophetarum) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/17t.jpg) Annual lovegrass (Eragrostis barrelieri) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/11t.jpg) Spikelets of Chrysopogon plumulosus on roadside of a road from Dukhan to Al Jumayliyah. Western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/24t.jpg) Flower of wild gourd (Cucumis prophetarum) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bushy bindweed (Convolvulus prostratus, morning glory) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/26t.jpg) Bushy bindweed (Convolvulus prostratus, morning glory) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1756/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spikelets of grass Cutandia memphitica in dew on a rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, February 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/22t.jpg) Blooming bushy bindweed (Convolvulus prostratus, morning glory) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/01t.jpg) Spreading plants of bushy bindweed (Convolvulus prostratus, morning glory) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/20t.jpg) CMR (blister, or oil) beetle (Meloidae) on flowers of bushy bindweed (Convolvulus prostratus) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1803/jpeg/19t.jpg) White flowers of bushy bindweed (Convolvulus prostratus, morning glory) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 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/2016/1803/jpeg/21t.jpg) Black and orange CMR (blister, or oil) beetle (Meloidae) on a flower of bushy bindweed (Convolvulus prostratus) on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1765/jpeg/19t.jpg) Spikelets of Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)(?) on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, February 26, 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/2016/1804/jpeg/13t.jpg) Highly succulent form of Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1749/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close up of grass Rostraria pumila taken from a dried silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, near Darwish Farm. Northern Qatar, February 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1749/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spikes of grass Rostraria pumila taken from a dried silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, near Darwish Farm. Northern Qatar, February 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1749/jpeg/13t.jpg) Masses of grass Rostraria pumila in a dried silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, near Darwish Farm. Northern Qatar, February 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1749/jpeg/06t.jpg) Spergula fallax (local name degaygah) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1768/jpeg/01t.jpg) Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1565/jpeg/09t.jpg) Desert grass Panicum turgidum (local name Thummam) on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Qatar, March 21, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/03t.jpg) Plant of Ogastemma pusillum (Anchusa spinocarpos, Echinospermum spinocarpos, Lappula spinocarpos) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/12t.jpg) Plant of Ogastemma pusillum (Anchusa spinocarpos, Echinospermum spinocarpos, Lappula spinocarpos) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1768/jpeg/02t.jpg) Back lit Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blooming plant of Ogastemma pusillum (Anchusa spinocarpos, Echinospermum spinocarpos, Lappula spinocarpos) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/10t.jpg) Compact bush of Ogastemma pusillum (Anchusa spinocarpos, Echinospermum spinocarpos, Lappula spinocarpos) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/09t.jpg) Large bush of Ogastemma pusillum (Anchusa spinocarpos, Echinospermum spinocarpos, Lappula spinocarpos) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/11t.jpg) Large compact bush of Ogastemma pusillum (Anchusa spinocarpos, Echinospermum spinocarpos, Lappula spinocarpos) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1804/jpeg/07t.jpg) Lower view of a plant of Ogastemma pusillum (Anchusa spinocarpos, Echinospermum spinocarpos, Lappula spinocarpos) in sand on roadside of a road from Khawzan to Al-Jumayliyah. Qatar, April 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1585/jpeg/30t.jpg) Spikelets of Dactyloctenium aristatum grass (local name Najm) taken from Al Istiqlal Street Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, April 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1566/jpeg/08t.jpg) Desert grass Panicum turgidum (local name Thummam) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, March 21, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/17t.jpg) Blooming Texas Indian-mallow (Abutilon fruticosum, Abutilon denticulatum, local name gargadan) on roadside of a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. North-western Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1754/jpeg/05t.jpg) Texas Indian-mallow (Abutilon fruticosum, Abutilon denticulatum, local name gargadan) near a camel fence on roadside of a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1842/jpeg/07t.jpg) Caked mud on roadside of Dukhan Highway west from Khawzan. Qatar, June 24, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/831/jpeg/11t.jpg) Domed wire fish traps (local name gargoor) in dhow port at morning. Doha, Qatar, February 16, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1761/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of Texas Indian-mallow (Abutilon fruticosum, Abutilon denticulatum, local name gargadan) against blue sky on roadside of a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. North-western Qatar, February 20, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1776/jpeg/05t.jpg) Spikelets of Cutandia memphitica grass on a rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1768/jpeg/04t.jpg) Texas Indian-mallow (Abutilon fruticosum, Abutilon denticulatum, local name gargadan) near a camel fence in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1768/jpeg/03t.jpg) Shrubby Horsetail (Ephedra foliata, Ephedra ciliata, local name alanda) growing on bushes of Ziziphus in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1777/jpeg/10t.jpg) Spikelets of grass Dichanthium foveolatum on a slope of a rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1833/jpeg/04t.jpg) Common salt grass (Aeluropus lagopoides) with spikelets on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1810/jpeg/31t.jpg) Desert grass Panicum turgidum (local name Thummam) in a wadi near Salwa Road, near Mukaynis. Qatar, April 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1552/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cymbopogon commutatus grass on a roadside of a road to Zubara. Northern Qatar, February 28, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1842/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) on roadside of Dukhan Highway west from Khawzan. Qatar, June 24, 2016
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