Nabataea: Shrubs of Nabataea

Shrubs 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

A good resource in understanding the shrubs and plants that are unique to Nabataea can be found in the book below. (Arabic)

The Wild Plants of Jordan, their Medical, Perfume and Preventative Qualities Mohammed Jbriil il Jiniidi Daar ilAseel 1993 (Arabic, with line drawings)



	Herba-alba Wormwood Artemisia inculta Shiyh Perennial herb with many basal erect leafy stems covered by soft dense to wooly hairs. Leaves dissected, greyish, covered by woolly hairs, stronly aromatic. A medicinal tea is made of the leaves for stomach pains and cramps.