The original records of this species by A.S. Gardner were from natural sites within the zone of mixed sedimentary rocks southeast of Dibba. It was subsequently recorded growing in silt at the base of a cliff, adjacent to cultivation (Feulner 2011). It is described as a perennial species (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Fagonia ovalifolia is a perennial shrublet that is found on sandy plains.

This species is an annual herb with slender stems that can reach up to 45 cm in height (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It has small, oval leaves and fruits with white tufts of hair, in addition to small purple-white flower-heads that can be seen between December and May (Jongbloed et al. 2003). This plant is generally found in plantations and fields (Jongbloed et al. 2003).

This perennial grass species can reach up to 80 cm in height (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2014, El-Keblawy et al. 2016). It has coarse, narrow leaves and flower spikelets (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2014). This plant grows within sandy habitats according to MEW (2010), however this requires confirmation.

The species is found in coastal sands and sandy plains (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Sakkir and Brown 2014).

It is an annual herb with stems densely covered with three-forked hairs, white-pinkish flowers and hairy yellow fruits (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is presumably found in mountainous areas.

The Jumeirah specimen was found on small dunes over solidified material, next to a road. In Mushrif Park, the ""best"" plants were found in higher dunes.

This perennial herb species is considered to be a salt-tolerant desert species (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Böer and Saenger 2006, Norton et al. 2009). It has a woody base, can grow up to 50 cm in height, has triangular leaves with tufts of white hair, in addition to flowers which are present between August and September (Jongbloed et al. 2003). This plant typically grows within coastal sands and inland sandy desert (Jongbloed et al. 2003).

This species is known to be a halophyte i.e. salt-tolerant plant (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Böer and Saenger 2006, Karim and Dakheel 2006, Llewellyn-Smith 2012). It grows as a small shrub, up to around 1.0 m in height, and is grazed by camels (Jongbloed et al. 2009, Norton et al. 2009). Typically, it is found growing within salty or disturbed sandy soils, in addition to farms, coastal habitats and roadsides (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Norton et al. 2009). It is suggested that this plant is locally common within plantations and urban areas (Jongbloed et al. 2003, MEW 2010). This species produces crimson flowers between March and August, in addition to secreting a sugary sap as a result of insect punctures (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Norton et al. 2009).

This perennial species is densely caespitose (Ghasemkhani et al. 2008). It has convolute leaves which can reach up to 20 cm in length (Ghasemkhani et al. 2008). Stipagrostis uniplumis is thought to prefer dry and arid conditions (Ghasemkhani et al. 2008) and is known to grow in some urban areas which have been converted from desert.