In the UAE, this species is restricted to the Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003), where it is widespread but uncommon (Feulner 2016), the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011), and Jebel Hafeet (coll. <a href=""http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/8111c8f6-4643-4c41-9e0e-40a4af264402"">W. Thesiger, 1948</a>; Wadi Tarabat; Fawzi and Ksiksi 2012). In the Ru'us al-Jibal, the species is occasional, from c. 800 to 1,250 m asl (Feulner 2011). The species is absent from Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP) according to Feulner (2016; only found in the upper parts of Wadi Siji) but was reported for the protected area by Judas (2016). The species has also been recorded (Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium) from Fili on the Sharjah-Kalba Road (Sharjah) and from the coast in Ras Al Khaimah, however both these records are excluded as outside the natural range of the species in the UAE. The global range of this species is from north-east Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula to southern Iran and Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).