Flora of Gulf States

Searsia aucheri is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Oman. It grows in the foothills of the Hajar Mountains of northern Oman, where it is common in wadis and on rocky slopes.

Plumbago arabica is a species of flowering plant in the genus Plumbago. It is a subshrub native to western and central India and to Oman and the United Arab Emirates in the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.

Halothamnus bottae is a species of the plant genus Halothamnus, that belongs to the subfamily Salsoloideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It occurs on the Arabian Peninsula.

Euphorbia larica is a semi-succulent shrub or subshrub native to southern Iran and the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula (the U.A.E., Oman, and Yemen). In the United Arab Emirates it is commonly known as isbaq.

Pseudolotus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae. The only species is Pseudolotus villosus. It is a perennial or annual herb native to the eastern Arabian Peninsula (Gulf states and Oman), Iran, and Pakistan. It grows in desert and dry shrubland habitats.

Astragalus fasciculifolius is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae. Its resin is sometimes used in place of the true fleshglue, A. sarcocolla.

Bienertia sinuspersici is a flowering plant that currently is classified in the family Amaranthaceae, although it was previously considered to belong to the family Chenopodiaceae. Bienertia sinuspersici conducts C4 photosynthesis, but lacks the two cell types, bundle sheath and mesophyll cells, that are typical of Kranz anatomy in most C4 plants. Bienertia sinuspersici and three other former chenopods (Suaeda aralocaspica, Bienertia cycloptera, and Bienertia kavirense) instead conduct single-celled C4 photosynthesis within individual chlorenchyma cells. Single-celled C4 photosynthesis is

Taverniera spartea is a perennial leguminous shrub native to arid regions stretching from the Arabian Peninsula through Iran to Pakistan. It thrives in sandy or rocky deserts and dry shrublands. It is a small, silky shrub with reduced or absent trifoliate leaves, pink to pale purple flowers, and spiny, segmented fruits.

Ochradiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Resedaceae. It includes two species native to Asia, ranging from Turkmenistan to Iran, Pakistan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. They are shrubs or subshrubs which grow in deserts and dry shrublands. Ochradiscus aucheri (Boiss.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel – Iran, Pakistan, Oman, and UAE Ochradiscus ochradeni (Boiss.) S.Blanco & C.E.Wetzel – Iran and Turkmenistan

Filago prolifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the region from the Gulf States to Pakistan. It is cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle East, Australia, South and Southeast Asia, Portugal, Spain, coastal Mediterranean basin, and the desert regions of Southern California. It is naturalised in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. P. dactylifera is the type species of genus Phoenix, which contains 12–19 species of wild date

Nannorrhops ritchiana, the Mazari palm, is the sole species in the genus Nannorrhops in the palm family Arecaceae.

Papaver glaucum, the tulip poppy, Turkish tulip or Turkish red poppy, is a poppy found in the region of Anatolia.

Prosopis koelziana is a species of plant in the genus Prosopis. It is found in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran. It was once widespread in its natural habitats, concentrated in river courses and desert streams, in wet agricultural lands in oases, around some lakes, swamps and salt marshes, as well as in some dry sand dunes. However, its presence is now limited to some of its historical sites only and it has become extinct from most of its original habitats due to agricultural and urban expansion in its ancient forests, overgrazing by livestock, and the use of its trees as a source of

Rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the family Asteraceae. Native to the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar where it is known locally as arfaj (Arabic: عرفج). The arfaj consists of a complicated network of branches scattered with small thorny leaves and bright yellow flowers about 1.5 cm wide. The arfaj flower is also the national flower of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It is a bushy shrub approximately 80 cm in height. The leaves are small and narrow, and in late spring it will start flowering (April–May). It is considered one of the main desert forage plants

Physorhynchus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Its native range is Iran to Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula. Species: Physorhynchus brahuicus Hook. Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum (Boiss.) Boiss.

Teucrium oliverianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran. It may also possibly occur in Lebanon and Syria. It was first described by George Bentham, who attributed the name to Frédéric Gingins de la Sarraz, in 1835.

Trifolium alexandrinum (Egyptian clover, berseem clover) is a species of clover. The plant can reach 75 cm (30 in) tall, with trifoliate leaves and whitish flowers. It is native to northeast Africa and southwest Asia.

Pteropyrum is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae. Plants of the World Online accepts seven species, which range from Turkey to Afghanistan and Pakistan and to the Gulf States and Oman.

Bassia arabica is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is native to Libya, Egypt, the Sinai peninsula, the Levant, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf States. An annual subshrub, it is a halophyte.

Prosopis cineraria, also known as Persian mesquite or ghaf, chaunkro (Braj Bhakha : चौंक्रो) , jand (Hindustani/Kauravi, Punjabi: जंड/ਜੰਡ) or khejri (Rajasthani: खेजड़ी), is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is native to arid portions of Western Asia and the Indian subcontinent, including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, India, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Its leaves are bipinnate. It can survive extreme drought. It is an established introduced species in parts of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. The ghaf is the national tree of

Prunus arabica is a species of wild almond found across the Middle East. It is a broomlike shrub typically 0.75 to 2 m tall, with brown bark. Its leaves have a 5-8 mm petiole and the leaf blades are 15 to 44 mm long and 3 to 10 mm wide. Its inflorescences have dark red hypanthia and sepals (green on the interior of the sepals), and white, pale pink or pink petals. The flowers are borne on a pedicel about 3 mm long, which lengthens to 6 mm when the fruit is fully developed. It prefers to grow in arid or semiarid areas at 500 to 2700 m above sea level. A full genetic and morphological analysis

Lotus garcinii, the desert trefoil, is a plant in the genus Lotus ranging from Somalia, eastern Socotra (including Abd al Kuri), and the Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan.

Artemisia monosperma is a species of flowering plant in the wormwood genus Artemisia, family Asteraceae, native to Libya, Egypt, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. It plays an important role in ecological succession by stabilizing sand dunes.

Schimpera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. The only species is Schimpera arabica. Its native range is eastern Mediterranean to Iran and Arabian Peninsula. It is found in Egypt, the Gulf States, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the Sinai desert. The genus name of Schimpera is in honour of Georg Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878), a German botanist and naturalist. The genus has the synonym of Traillia Lindl. ex Endl. The Latin specific epithet of arabica means coming from the land of the Arabs. It was first described and published

Ziziphus nummularia, commonly known as wild jujube or jharberi in Hindi, is a species of Ziziphus native to the Thar Desert of western India and southeastern Pakistan, south Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Zimbabwe. Ziziphus nummularia is a shrub up to 6 metres (20 ft) or higher, branching to form a thicket. The leaves are rounded like those of Ziziphus jujuba but differ from those in having a pubescence on the adaxial surface. The plant is commonly found in arid areas, hills, plains, and agricultural fields.

Rhanterium is a genus of dwarf-shrubs in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae growing in the deserts of the Middle East and northern Africa. Species Rhanterium adpressum Coss. & Durieu - Morocco, Algeria Rhanterium epapposum Oliv. - Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan Rhanterium suaveolens Desf. - Algeria, Libya, Tunisia

Rhazya stricta (Persian: اشورک Eshvarak) is a native poisonous plant in Southern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. The plant is an evergreen dwarf shrub of the family Apocynaceae.

Dianthus cyri is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the Middle East. It is an annual and a halophyte.

Cyperus arenarius is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Asia and the Middle East.