Flora of Western Sahara

Sclerosciadium is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. Its sole species is Sclerosciadium nodiflorum, native to Morocco and Western Sahara. The species was first described in 1800 as Oenanthe nodiflora.

Traganopsis glomerata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Traganopsis. It is native to Morocco and Western Sahara.

Lotus chazaliei is a plant in the genus Lotus endemic to Morocco with some reports from the Sahara.

Greuteria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. Its native range is Northwestern Africa. Species: Greuteria argyrea (Greuter & Burdet) Amirahm. & Kaz.Osaloo Greuteria membranacea (Coss. & Balansa) Amirahm. & Kaz.Osaloo

Euphorbia balsamifera (balsam spurge) is a flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is distributed in the Canary Islands and the western Sahara. It is the vegetable symbol of the island of Lanzarote. Euphorbia adenensis has been treated as a subspecies of this species.

Euphorbia regis-jubae is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the eastern Canary Islands, western Morocco, north-western Western Sahara. The specific epithet honours the contributions of King Juba II to natural history and his role in bringing the genus to notice. In Spanish, it is known as tabaiba morisca. It has often been confused with Euphorbia lamarckii.

Helianthemum canariense is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae, native to Western Sahara, Morocco and the Canary Islands.

Saharanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae. The only species is Saharanthus ifniensis. Its native range is Western Sahara.

Lifago is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae. Species There is only one known species, Lifago dielsii, native to the western part of the Sahara Desert in Algeria and Morocco.

Lotus assakensis is a plant from the Lotus genus native from Morocco to Mauritania.

Saharanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae. The only species is Saharanthus ifniensis. Its native range is Western Sahara.

Schoenoselinum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. It includes a single species, Schoenoselinum foeniculoides, an annual native to Morocco, Western Sahara, and northern Mauritania, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.

Schoenoselinum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. It includes a single species, Schoenoselinum foeniculoides, an annual native to Morocco, Western Sahara, and northern Mauritania, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.

Sideroxylon spinosum, known as argan (Tashelhit: ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵏ, romanized: argan), synonym Argania spinosa, is a species of flowering plant. It is a tree native to the calcareous semi-desert Sous valley and to the Chiadma and Haha regions of Morocco, as well as some parts of Tindouf Province in southwestern Algeria, and also to Mauritania and Western Sahara. Argan trees grow to 8–10 m (26–33 ft) high and live up to approximately 200 years. They are thorny, with gnarled trunks and wide spreading crown. The crown has a circumference of up to 70 m (230 ft) and the branches may lean towards the ground.

Perralderia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family and is native to Africa. In particular, it is native to Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Western Sahara. In naming the genus, Perralderia, Ernest Cosson was honouring his friend Henri Letourneux de la Perraudiere (a fellow botanist).

Polycarpaea nivea is a species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. The species was described by William Aiton in 1828 as Achyranthes nivea, and it was placed in the genus Polycarpaea by Philip Barker Webb in 1849. The specific name nivea is Latin for "white as snow", and refers to the colour of the plant.

Linaria amethystea is a species of annual flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to the Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa. It grows primarily in temperate biomes in Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Western Sahara.

Afrosalsola is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It includes two species of subshrubs or shrubs native to the Canary Islands, Morocco, Mauritania, and Western Sahara. Afrosalsola deschaseauxiana (Litard. & Maire) Akhani Afrosalsola divaricata (Masson ex Link) Akhani They are shrubby halophytic plants with opposite and alternate branches and leaves. They have a distinct leaf anatomy with a hypodermis and kranz-like cells that perform C2 photosynthesis, a C3-C4 intermediate photosynthetic pathway. The species were formerly included in the genus Salsola, which was found to

Zygophyllum zilloides (syn. Fagonia zilloides) is a species of flowering plant in the torchwood family Zygophyllaceae, native to the western Sahara desert. A subshrub, its fruits are loculicidal capsules.

Astydamia is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 2 species. It is endemic to Northwest Africa. It is found on the Canary Islands, Mauritania, Morocco, the Savage Islands and in the Western Sahara. The genus name of Astydamia is in honour of Astydamia (from Greek mythology), the wife of Acastus, son of Pelias. It was first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 53 in 1829. Plants of the World Online only accepts Astydamia latifolia (L.f.) Baill.

Endopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1860. There is only one known species, Endopappus macrocarpus, native to North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya).

Kebirita is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. The only species is Kebirita roudairei. Its native range is the Maghreb – Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Western Sahara – and Mauritania.

Autonoe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae. It includes four species native to Morocco, Western Sahara, and Macaronesia (the Canary Islands, Madeira, and Selvagens). Autonoe berthelotii (Webb & Berthel.) Speta – Canary Islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) Autonoe haemorrhoidalis (Webb & Berthel.) Speta – Canary Islands Autonoe latifolia (Willd.) Speta – Canary Islands, Morocco, and Western Sahara Autonoe madeirensis (Menezes) Speta – Madeira and the Selvagens

Searsia pentaphylla, the tazat tree in local Amazigh language, is a sumac shrub or small tree species in the genus Searsia found in North Africa, especially in Morocco and Algeria, the Levant, and Sicily.

Acanthorrhinum is a monotypic genus in the family Plantaginaceae that contains only the species Acanthorrhinum ramosissimum. It is found in Spain and North Africa.

Lotus jolyi is a plant in the genus Lotus that grows in the Sahara. It is annual and grows in dry scrubland.

Randonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Resedaceae. The only species is Randonia africana. Its native range is Sahara desert in northern Africa. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. The genus name of Randonia is in honour of Jacques Louis Randon (1795–1871), a French military and political leader, also Marshal of France and governor of Algeria. The Latin specific epithet of africana means coming from Africa. The genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.6 on pages 391–392 in 1859.

Otoglyphis pubescens is species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is found across North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula including Algeria, the eastern Canary Islands (Fuerteventura and Lanzarote) Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Two subspecies are accepted. Otoglyphis pubescens subsp. maroccana (Ball) Oberpr. & Vogt – eastern Canary Islands (Fuerteventura and Lanzarote) and Morocco Otoglyphis pubescens subsp. pubescens – Northern Africa (Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) and Saudi Arabia.

Ephedra altissima is a species of Ephedra that is native to the western Sahara (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Mauritania), and also to the Canary Islands. The species is cultivated as an ornamental plant and medicinal plant.

Lycium intricatum, the southern boxthorn, is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae (nightshades).