Flora of Sinai

Rosa arabica is a species of rose in the plant family of the Rosaceae, endemic to the Mount Catherine region in the south of the Sinai in Egypt and Jordan. The species is considered critically endangered.

Brassica deserti is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the northern Sinai Peninsula. An annual, it is typically found on chalk and marl outcrops.

Vicia sinaica is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to the Sinai Peninsula. A very rare therophyte found in plains, depressions, and wadis, it is believed to be extinct.

Scorzonera drarii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to the Sinai Peninsula. A very rare hemicryptophyte found in cultivated fields, it is believed to be extinct.

Iris mariae (also commonly known as Negev iris or Mary's iris) is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Iris and in the section Oncocyclus. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from the deserts of Israel and Egypt. It is fairly tall, with long and slender glaucous leaves, and in late spring, lilac-purple to pinkish or violet flowers with deeper veining and blackish-violet signal and dark purple beard.

Allium papillare is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in southern and eastern Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with purple midveins.

Bellevalia desertorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Israel, Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula.

Allium decaisnei is a species of onion found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It is a perennial with an upright scape. Umbel is loose, with long-pediceled green flowers, most of them nodding (drooping). Some authorities categorize this taxon as a subspecies of A. stamineum, with others consider the name a synonym of A. flavum.

Allium rothii Zucc is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan. It is a perennial with umbel-shaped flowers that forms bulbs. Stamens and ovaries are noticeably deep purple, and the tepals are white with deep purple midveins. This name is reported by Amaryllidaceae as an accepted name in the genus Allium (family Amaryllidaceae)."[Pictures taken by]": Gideon Pisanty "[can be found here]" Gideon "Gidi" Pisanty is a photographer and researcher from Israel. The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2023-11-24) which reports it as an accepted name

Allium tel-avivense is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt, including the Sinai Peninsula. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a small umbel of only a few flowers. Tepals are pink, and the ovary is large, green and conspicuous. Its name comes from the city of Tel Aviv.

Allium desertorum is a species of onion found in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt (including Sinai). It is a small bulb-forming perennial; flowers are white with purple midveins along the tepals.

Allium sinaiticum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in Israel, Sinai, Palestine, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. It is a small, bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with green midveins.

Enarthrocarpus pterocarpus is a species of plants in the family Brassicaceae.

Hypericum sinaicum is a perennial herb in the genus Hypericum, in the section Adenosepalum.

Aegilops longissima (syn. Aegilops sharonense Eig, Sitopsis longissima (Schweinf. & Muschl.) Á. Löve, Triticum longissimum (Schweinf. & Muschl.) Bowden, Triticum sharonense L.) is a species in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Levant & Egypt.

Campanula sulphurea, common name yellow bellflower, is a flowering plant in the genus Campanula. The native range of this species is Southwest Syria to Northeast Egypt. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. The flowers are a pale straw colour on the outside with an interior colour a sulphur yellow. It is native to Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine and Israel.

Artemisia inculta is a rare perennial species of aromatic undershrub in the family Asteraceae, native to North Africa and select regions of the Middle East.

Verbascum fruticulosum is a species of mullein native to Israel, northwestern Jordan and southwestern Syria.

Lotus lalambensis is a plant in the genus Lotus ranging from Sinai to E. Ethiopia and the Arabian Peninsula.

Alcea apterocarpa is a tall hollyhock plant native to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, the Sinai, and Turkey.

Zygophyllum dumosum (syn. Tetraena dumosa), the bushy bean-caper, is a species of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Levant. It is a dominant shrub in the highlands of the Negev Desert.

Lotus hebranicus is a rare shrubby plant in the genus Lotus ranging Sinai to Eritrea.

Colutea istria, or Pocock's bladder senna, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to southeastern Turkey, the Levant, and the Sinai Peninsula. A deciduous shrub, it has inflated fruit pods.

Astomaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. It includes two species native to western and central Asia. Roots and bulbs of Astoma seselifolia are often collected and then roasted and eaten.

Alcea striata, the desert hollyhock, is a tall hollyhock plant native between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. It is found in rocky limestone slopes, fields, roadsides, scrub, and deserts, in the elevations 0–1200 m (0–4000 ft). It can be found in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, and Turkey.

Trigonella berythea (Beirut fenugreek, Arabic: حلبة بيروت) is a plant species in the legume family. Its natural habitat is the subtropical biome and endemic to the Eastern Mediterranean.

Hypericum lanuginosum, or downy St. John's wort, is a perennial herb, a flowering plant in the St. John's wort family Hypericaceae.

Lotus lanuginosus is a perennial plant in the Lotus genus ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to the Arabian Peninsula. This species is also known as desert lotus or לוֹטוּס מִדְבָּרִי in Hebrew.

Taverniera aegyptiaca is a subshrub or shrub in the legume family, native to arid regions from Egypt and Eritrea through the Arabian Peninsula to Sudan and South Sudan.

Origanum syriacum subsp. syriacum; syn. Majorana syriaca (also Origanum maru, although this primarily refers to a hybrid of O. syriacum), bible hyssop, Biblical-hyssop, Lebanese oregano or Syrian oregano, is an aromatic perennial herb in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is a preferred primary ingredient in the spice mixture za'atar. O. syriacum is native to the Palestine region and was formerly used in ceremonial functions in the Temple in Jerusalem, such as for sprinkling the waters of a purification mixture made by the ashes of a burned red heifer on persons defiled by the dead.