Scientific name

Vernacular name

Family

Duration

Life form

Chorotype

Habitat

Occurrence

Cakile maritima Scop.

Sea rocket

Brassicaceae

Annual

Th

ME+ER-SR

Mediterranean seashores and Nile Delta

Abundant

Calligonum polygonoides L.

Arta plant

Polygonaceae

Perennial

Nph

SA-SI+IR-TR

Sand formations

Common

Senecio glaucus L.

Almorrar

Asteraceae

Annual

Th

ME+SA-SI+IR-TR

Egyptian deserts and Mediterranean coastal strip

Very abundant

Zygophyllum album L.

Rotreit

Zygophyllaceae

Perennial

Ch

ME+SA-SI

Mediterranean seashores, Sinai, Oases and Nile Delta (around the lakes)

Common