Nabataea: Grasses of Nabatataea

Grasses found in Nabataea

Nabataea is a very extraordinary place, with many special locations where unique wild plants abound. Some of these locations include:

Wadi Araba, a dry desert valley that dips below sea level

The Eastern Desert, a high stony plateau

The Hishma Desert, a low sandy desert filled with majestic rock mountains

All of the plants presented on these web pages are presently found growing in Nabataea. Many of them have special medicinal qualities that are known to the local Bedouin Arabs.
Trees
Shrubs
Flowers

Grasses
Weeds
Other

Guysoum is a plant that is prized for it's medicinal qualities by the Bedouin. This plant grows throughout southern Nabataea, especially in the high hills around Naqab.