Nile Valley North of Nubia (Location: Fayium), Mareotic Sector, North Sinai, Arabian Desert, Galala Desert, Isthmic Desert (Location: Maghara), Libyan Desert, Nubian Desert, Gebel Oweinat.
North Africa extending to Macaronesia, East Mediterranean region, Egypt (Sinai), Arabia, Iraq, Iran.
Annual.
Height: to 35 cm.