Satureja is a genus of aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae, related to rosemary and thyme. It is native to North Africa, southern and southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. A few New World species were formerly included in Satureja, but they have all been moved to other genera. Several species are cultivated as culinary herbs called savory, and they have become established in the wild in a few places.
Marrubium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, North Africa, and Asia as far east as the Xinjiang region of western China. A few species are also naturalized in North and South America.
Origanum is a genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and much of temperate Asia, where they are found in open or mountainous habitats. A few species also naturalized in scattered locations in North America and other regions.
Ballota (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South Africa, Central Asia, northern Europe, and the islands of the eastern North Atlantic. It is found in rocky and waste ground.
Moluccella is a genus of annual and short-lived perennial plants native to Central + southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean. They are tall, upright, branched plants to 1 meter or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.
- Moluccella aucheri(Boiss.) Scheen - Iran, Pakistan
- Moluccella bucharica(B.Fedtsch.) Ryding - Tajikistan
- Moluccella fedtschenkoana(Kudr.) Ryding - Tajikistan
- Moluccella laevisL. - Bells of Ireland - Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Caucasus, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, Africa, and North America
- Moluccella olgae(Regel) Ryding - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
- Moluccella otostegioidesPrain - Pakistan
- Moluccella sogdiana(Kudr.) Ryding - Tajikistan
- Moluccella spinosaL. - Mediterranean from Spain + Algeria to Turkey + Palestine
Michauxia campanuloides, the rough-leaved michauxia, is an ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family. It is native to Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel.
Chaerophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, with 35 species native to Europe, Asia, North America, and northern Africa. It includes the cultivated root vegetable Chaerophyllum bulbosum.
Zingeria is a genus of Asian and European plants in the grass family. Their native range covers the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions from Romania to Kazakhstan.
Ammochloa is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, Poaceae.
Orchis anatolica is a species of flowering plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is native to Crete, Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey.
Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family, Poaceae. The only known species is Rhizocephalus orientalis, native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, AsiaticTurkey, and Uzbekistan.
Colchicum kotschyi is a species of flowering plant in the Colchicaceae family. It is native to Iran, Iraq and Turkey. It blooms relatively early for an autumn flowering colchicum, as early as August. The flowers open to a pink-purple colour, but white flowered specimens are common in the wild. The plant reaches up to 2 m (6") tall and grows well in sunny, warm locations.
Fritillaria acmopetala, the pointed-petal fritillary, is a species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to rocky limestone mountain slopes in the Middle East. It was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1846.
Asyneuma is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia. Many are endemic to Turkey. Plants of the genus may be known commonly as harebells, but this name can also apply to the entire family. There are up to about 33 species.
Allium atroviolaceum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. it is commonly called the broadleaf wild leek, and is native to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern European Russia and the Caucasus, but widely cultivated in other regions as a food source and for its ornamental value. The species is sparingly naturalized in parts of the United States and also in southeastern Europe.
Cyclotrichium is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1953. The entire genus is endemic to southwestern Asia.
- Cyclotrichium depauperatum(Bunge) Manden. & Scheng. - western Iran
- Cyclotrichium glabrescens(Boiss. ex Rech.f.) Leblebici - southeastern Turkey
- Cyclotrichium haussknechtii(Bunge) Manden. & Scheng. - western Iran
- Cyclotrichium leucotrichum(Stapf ex Rech.f.) Leblebici - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
- Cyclotrichium longiflorumLeblebici - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
- Cyclotrichium niveum(Boiss.) Manden. & Scheng - eastern Turkey
- Cyclotrichium origanifolium(Labill.) Manden. & Scheng. - Lebanon, Syria, southern Turkey
- Cyclotrichium stamineum(Boiss. & Hohen.) Manden. & Scheng. - Iraq, Turkey
- Cyclotrichium straussii(Bornm.) Rech.f. - western Iran
Allium cassium is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is a wild onion native to Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, and Cyprus.
Fritillaria crassifolia is a Middle Eastern species of bulb-forming plants in the lily family Liliaceae. It is native to Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon.
Fritillaria kurdica is a Middle Eastern species of bulb-forming plants in the lily family, Liliaceae. It is native to Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Caucasus. The species is sometimes cultivated in other regions as an ornamental.
Acantholimon libanoticum(Lebanese prickly thrift, غملول لبناني) is a plant in the family Plumbaginaceae first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier. It is native to Western Asia from Turkey to Syria and Lebanon.
