 Close up of fruits and flowers of Monsonia heliotropioides (geranium family) on a roadside of Rawdat Rashed Road in Umm Al Zubar West. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Beaked fruits and a flower of Monsonia heliotropioides (geranium family) on a roadside of Rawdat Rashed Road in Umm Al Zubar West. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Monsonia heliotropioides (geranium family) on a roadside of Rawdat Rashed Road in Umm Al Zubar West. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Monsonia heliotropioides (geranium family) with fruits on a roadside of Rawdat Rashed Road in Umm Al Zubar West. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Pink flowers of Monsonia heliotropioides (geranium family) on a roadside of Rawdat Rashed Road in Umm Al Zubar West. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Rosette of leaves of greater plantain (Plantago boissieri) on a roadside of Rawdat Rashed Road in Umm Al Zubar West. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Purple flower of Monsonia heliotropioides (geranium family) in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
 Dry trees in a roadside depression in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Tiny fruits of Spergula fallax in a roadside depression in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Small plant of Spergula fallax in a roadside depression in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Woolly-winged milkwort (Polygala erioptera) in a roadside depression in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Plant of woolly-winged milkwort (Polygala erioptera) in a roadside depression in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Fruits of woolly-winged milkwort (Polygala erioptera) in a roadside depression in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Plant of woolly-winged milkwort (Polygala erioptera) with fruits taken from a roadside depression in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Convoy of military vehicles in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
 Close up of Cornulaca monacantha taken from roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 10, 2015
 Flower of black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense) on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
 Flower and seeds of black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense) on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
 Back lit flower of black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense) on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
 Close up of Schmidt s fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 Tiny plant of Eremobium aegyptiacum with a flower in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, March 21, 2015
 Twig of Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) with flower galls (bird-beak-shaped galls) taken from roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) with flower galls (bird-beak-shaped galls) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Colorful fruit-like galls (flower, or bird-beak-shaped galls) on Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) taken from roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) with bird-beak-shaped galls (flower galls) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Blooming black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense) on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
 Seedlings of black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense)(?) under bushes of Ziziphus on roadside of a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, January 29, 2016
 Seedlings of black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense)(?) under Ziziphus bush on roadside of a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, January 16, 2016
 Windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 25, 2015
 Cornulaca monacantha taken from roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 10, 2015
 Windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 25, 2015
 Sandy depression on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 25, 2015
 Black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense) with shoots of Ziziphus nummularia on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
 Black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense) growing under Ziziphus nummularia bushes on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
 Black-eyed geranium (Geranium mascatense) growing near Ziziphus nummularia bushes on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
 Cornulaca monacantha in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Windblown sand and dust on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 25, 2015
 Dry plant of Cornulaca aucheri on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 Black-eyed geranium with seeds (Geranium mascatense) growing near Ziziphus nummularia bushes on roadside of a road to Zubara in Al Magdah farms area, in north-western Qatar, February 22, 2014
 Salsola cyclophylla in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Cornulaca aucheri in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Cornulaca monacantha on stony ground on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Cornulaca monacantha(?) in sand mound on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Eremobium aegyptiacum in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 10, 2015
 Eremobium aegyptiacum in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, March 21, 2015
 Salsola drummondii in sand mound on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Cornulaca monacantha with sand ripples on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Moltkiopsis ciliata in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 10, 2015
 Cornulaca monacantha in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Salt tolerant plants in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 25, 2015
 Salsola drummondii in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Windblown sand mixed with dust on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 Centaurea sinaica in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Tumbleweed plants of Cornulaca aucheri on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 Cornulaca aucheri in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Fagonia ovalifolia(?) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Vine of Cocculus pendulus in Rawdat Mahyoub on roadside of a road to Al Jumayliyah in north-western Qatar, December 6, 2014
 Twig of Cocculus pendulus from Rawdat Mahyoub on roadside of a road to Al Jumayliyah in north-western Qatar, December 6, 2014
 Habitat of Dipterygium glaucum in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 25, 2015
 Old bush of Cornulaca monacantha in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Tumbleweed (dry mature plants of Cornulaca aucheri) on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 25, 2015
 Fagonia indica with flowers in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Sedge (Cyperus conglomeratus) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 10, 2015
 Bush of Cornulaca monacantha in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Blooming Fagonia indica in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Blooming Eremobium aegyptiacum in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Twig of Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) taken from roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 10, 2015
 Seeding of Eremobium aegyptiacum in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Plants of Eremobium aegyptiacum in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Plants growing in windblown sand mounds on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 Close up of flowers of camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) taken from Rawdat Al Faras Research Station (RAFRS, or Qatar University Farm) near Al Zubara Road. Qatar, May 29, 2015
 Eremobium aegyptiacum with flowers and fruits in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Large sedge (Cyperus conglomeratus) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, March 21, 2015
 Sewan grass (Lasiurus scindicus) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Blooming sedge (Cyperus conglomeratus) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Scarlet pea (Indigofera intricata, local name humeira) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Flower of camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) taken from Rawdat Al Faras Research Station (RAFRS) near Al Zubara Road. Qatar, May 29, 2015
 Fruits of sidra tree (Ziziphus nummularia) in Rawdat Mahyoub on roadside of a road to Al Jumayliyah in north-western Qatar, December 6, 2014
 Plant of Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Eremobium aegyptiacum with opened seed pods in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Desert grass Panicum turgidum (local name Thummam) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, March 21, 2015
 Schmidt s fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 Salt tolerant plants in windblown sand mixed with dust on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 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
 Close up of a desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) at a short presentation of Qatar University at the entrance of Rawdat Al Faras Research Station (RAFRS) near Al Zubara Road. Qatar, May 29, 2015
 Flower and fruits of camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) taken from Rawdat Al Faras Research Station (RAFRS) near Al Zubara Road. Qatar, May 29, 2015
 Close up of leaves of onionweed (Asphodelus tenuifolius) in roadside depression near a road from Al Shahaniya to Al Samriya north-east from camel race track. Lekhraib, Qatar, December 4, 2015
 Lunaria (Savignya parviflora, local name Gilgilan) with seeds in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Large bush of Haloxylon salicornicum (Hammada elegance) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Schmidt s fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 Centaurea sinaica (local names birkan, murrar) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Lunaria (Savignya parviflora, local name Gilgilan) with fruits in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Head of Schmidt s fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
 Yellow flower of Pulicaria guestii in roadside depression near a road from Al Shahaniya to Al Samriya north-east from camel race track. Lekhraib, Qatar, December 4, 2015
 Polycarpaea repens (Corrigiola repens) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, March 21, 2015
 Salsola drummondii with clavate and cylindrical shaped variation of leaves in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Dry inflorescence of Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa, dhanoon, Tartuth) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
 Bush of Salsola drummondii with club-shaped variation of leaves in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, April 11, 2015
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