Manna | Haloxylon salicornicum | Plants of the Qur’ān

Haloxylon salicornicum is a flowering desert shrub that grows across the Middle East. It has great environmental importance in arid and semi-arid ecosystems, where it helps to stabilise soils and sand dunes. Painted from specimens found in Sharjah, UAE, off the main Sharjah-Al Dhaid Road near the Natural History Museum, and also in the Mushrif Park in Dubai. Completed painting size: 53 x 71cm Watercolour on paper © Sue Wickison