In the UAE, this plant has been reported from Dibba and Shwaib to the eastern part of the country (Jongbloed et al. 2003). Globally, the native range of this species spans from Cape Verde through the western and central Sahara, on to the Arabian Peninsula (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Within the UAE, this species occurs along the Arabian Gulf coast within the north of the country (Jongbloed et al. 2003), including from Jebel Ali, northwards to Umm al-Quwain. The estimated EOO is 1,885 km² and the species is considered to occur within two threat-based locations. The native range of this species spans from the Arabian Peninsula to central Asia and Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Within the UAE, the species is found in the northern Hajar Mountains and the Ru'us al Jibal (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011). Feulner (2016) presents records from Wadi Zikt within the Wadi Wurayah National Park and it has been recorded from the upper Wadi Hiluw (Helo) (El-Keblawy in Feulner 2011) and Feulner (2014) recorded the species from the vicinity of Jebel Sfai in the south-west of the Hajar Mountains. The species has been newly-recorded from Al Khulaibiah (Fujairah) in the Wadi Wurayah buffer zone (D. Aplin pers. comm. 2019). Globally, this species is native to Iraq to Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Within the UAE, it has been recorded from the Wadi Wurayah National Park and the Ru'us al-Jibal, at elevations up to 1,350 m (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is thought to be largely restricted to this area (Feulner 2011). Globally, the native range of this species spans across the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean and northern Africa to Iran (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

In the UAE, it was recorded in 2009 from Khor Kalba's protected area, before the area was designated. Globally, the native range of this species spans from Sahara to Tanzania, the Arabian Peninsula and India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

G.R. Feulner (in litt, MEW 2010) stated that this plant has been recorded a few times in the UAE. However, there is a lack of distribution data available. Globally, this species is distributed across North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, India and Thailand (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018).

Within the UAE this species inhabits salt flats around the Arabian Gulf coast (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Al Mehairbi et al. 2019). The species has also been observed in the Ru'us Al-Jibal Mountains to c.1,350 m elevation (Feulner 2011) and in the Wadi Wurayah National Park (Feulner 2016); it is considered typical of the Hajar Mountains (G. Brown pers. comm. 2019), and there is also a record from the east coast in Sharjah. Al Mehairbi et al. (2019) consider the species to be restricted to the Arabian Gulf coast, and even there, absent from large areas. Globally, this species occurs from north-eastern Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula, to Iran and Pakistan (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018).

Within the UAE, this species is widespread in the Hajar Mountains and in the Ru'us al-Jibal, and also found on offshore islands (Jongbloed et al. 2003). Feulner found the species to c. 1,100 m asl in the Ru'us al-Jibal. The global native range of the species is from the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula to Iran and India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

The species is known from a small number of scattered records. Jongbloed et al. (2003) cited records from Masafi, Al Ain and Ras al Khaimah. The species is also known from RBGE Herbarium records from <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00687349"">Jebel Hafeet</a> (lower slopes near Ain al Faidah, coll. R.A. Western, 1982), from steep rocky hills and wadis between <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00687361"">Khatt and Dibba </a>(R.A. Western, coll. 1982), and from near <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00687350"">Hatta </a>(bare, heavily eroded hills, coll. R.A. Western 1982). Feulner (2011) found it to occur regularly at higher elevations in the Ru'us al-Jibal from 250 to 1,600 m elevation. The global range of this species is from Mauritania, through the sahel, to north-east Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). In Oman, the species is found in southern Oman, Dhofar in the foothills and plains, in gravelly and stony places. Elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula, the species is found in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen, and also on Socotra (S. Ghazanfar pers. comm. 2019).

This species occurs in the Ru'us al-Jibal in the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011). It is regularly seen at high altitudes, although it persists at a range of elevations (Feulner 2011) Globally, this species occurs in Oman, the UAE, the Middle East and Central Asia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018).