Cistanche phelypaea
Species: Cistanche phelypaea Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...
Cistanche tubulosa
Family: Orobanchaceae Species: Cistanche tubulosa Common Name: Desert Hyacinth Description: One of the most dramatic of Bahrain's desert flowers, the desert hyacinth literally forces its way up through the ground in late January and early February, to produce a pyramid of waxy flowers topped by mauve buds which open up as the plant grows. One particularly interesting feature of the desert hyacinth that is not seen in other species of the same family, is that it is a parasite. Its seeds are able to lie dormant in the ground waiting for the rains to initiate growth of the host plant, a member of the Chenopodium genus. As soon as one...
Citrullus colocynthis
Species: Citrullus colocynthis Common Name: Desert Squash Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...
Cleome cf quinquenervia
Species: Cleome cf quinquenervia Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...
Cleome noeana
Species: Cleome noeana Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...
Convolvulus arvensis
Species: Convolvulus arvensis Common Name: Morning Glory, Field Bindweed Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...
Convolvulus cantabrica
Species: Convolvulus cantabrica Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...
Convolvulus deserti
Species: Convolvulus deserti Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...
Convolvulus fatmensis
Species: Convolvulus fatmensis Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...
Convolvulus lanatus
Species: Convolvulus lanatus Information Source: Bahrain First National Report to the CBD (2006)...