Flora of Kuwait

Horwoodia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Horwoodia dicksoniae, an herbaceous annual native to desert regions of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia in the northern Arabian Peninsula. The plant is branched from the base, growing 10 to 43 cm tall from a taproot. It has fragrant leaves. It typically grows in sandy desert soils, and occasionally in loose silty soil with stones, in open depressions and wadi beds. The genus was erected by the English botanist William Bertram Turrill in 1939. The generic name honours Arthur Reginald

Convolvulus oxyphyllus is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, native to Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1846.

Horwoodia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Horwoodia dicksoniae, an herbaceous annual native to desert regions of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia in the northern Arabian Peninsula. The plant is branched from the base, growing 10 to 43 cm tall from a taproot. It has fragrant leaves. It typically grows in sandy desert soils, and occasionally in loose silty soil with stones, in open depressions and wadi beds. The genus was erected by the English botanist William Bertram Turrill in 1939. The generic name honours Arthur Reginald

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

Allium sindjarense is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. is a Middle Eastern species of wild onion found in Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel if very tiny white flowers on elongated pedicels.

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.

Anisosciadium is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, with 3 species. It is endemic to Southwest Asia.

Aegilops bicornis (syn. Aegilops bicorne (misapplied), Triticum bicorne Forssk.) is a species in the family Poaceae native to the Levant, Western Mesopotamia, Egypt & Libya Elsewhere this plant is commonly considered a weed.

Euphorbia hispida is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Kuwait, Pakistan and Western Himalaya. It was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1860.

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

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

Cuprella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. Its native range is Northern Africa to Pakistan. Species: Cuprella antiatlantica (Emb. & Maire) Salmerón-Sánchez, Mota & Fuertes Cuprella homalocarpa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Salmerón-Sánchez, Mota & Fuertes

Aegilops speltoides (syn. Sitopsis speltoides (Tausch) Á.Löve) is an edible goatgrass in the family Poaceae native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, which is often used for animal feed, and it has grown in cultivated beds. This plant is an important natural source of disease resistance in wheat, and it is known or likely to be susceptible to barley mild mosaic bymovirus.

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

Halothamnus glaucus is a species of the plant genus Halothamnus, that belongs to the subfamily Salsoloideae of the family Amaranthaceae, (formerly Chenopodiaceae). It occurs in Western and Central Asia.

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

Asphodelus viscidulus is a species of asphodel found in North Africa and the Middle East.

Otoglyphis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes two species of annual herbs native to mainly non-salty steppes and deserts in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The genus synonym Aaronsohnia was named in 1927 after the agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn by the botanists Otto Warburg (1859–1938) and Alexander Eig (1894–1938).

Astragalus dactylocarpus is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Middle East and Central Asia.

Cornulaca aucheri is a native spiny undershrub of the family Amaranthaceae, naturally found in arid and semi-arid environments, especially across the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa.

Calligonum polygonoides, locally known as phog (Rajasthani: फोग), is a small shrub found in Thar Desert areas, usually 4 feet to 6 feet high but occasionally may reach even 10 feet in height with a girth of 1 to 2 ft. This plant is referred to as orta in old Arabic poetry. It commonly grows on dry sandy soils and on sand dunes. It is very hardy and being capable of growing under adverse conditions of soil and moisture. It is frost hardy. It produces root suckers and is easily propagated by cutting and layering.

Astragalus annularis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, known in Arabic by the common name hurbuth (حُربُث). It is indigenous between Algeria and Iran.

Agathophora alopecuroides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to northern Africa and west Asia, ranging from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. It is the sole species in genus Agathophora.

Anvillea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Species Anvillea garcinii (Burm.f.) DC. - North Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula Anvillea platycarpa (Maire) Anderb. - Morocco, Western Sahara

Psylliostachys is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae. Its native range is South European Russia, Pakistan and Temperate Asia. Species: Psylliostachys × afghanicus Roshkova Psylliostachys anceps (Regel) Roshkova Psylliostachys × androssovii Roshkova Psylliostachys beludshistanicus Roshkova Psylliostachys leptostachyus (Boiss.) Roshkova Psylliostachys × myosuroides (Regel) Roshkova Psylliostachys spicatus (Willd.) Nevski Psylliostachys suworowii (Regel) Roshkova Psylliostachys volkii Rech.f.

Ammochloa is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, Poaceae. Species Ammochloa involucrata Murb. - Morocco Ammochloa palaestina Boiss. - Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait Ammochloa pungens (Schreb.) Boiss. - Morocco, Algeria, Canary Islands

Bienertia is a flowering plant genus that currently is classified in the family Amaranthaceae s.l. (including the family Chenopodiaceae). The genus is named after botanist Theophil Joachim Heinrich Bienert. For long time, the genus was considered to consist only of one species, Bienertia cycloptera, but in 2005 and 2012, two new species have been separated. Species of this genus have acquired an unusual, single-cell type of C4 carbon fixation without Kranz anatomy, also found in some species of the closely related genus Suaeda.