Distribution: Algeria; ?Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, NE-Egypt, NW-Egypt, SE-Egypt, Great Western Desert); Iraq (NW-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Farah, Helmand, Herat, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar, Nimroz); Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira); Israel (Rift Valley, S-Negev Desert, Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai, C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Dahana, NE-Saudi Arabia, Nafud Desert, Hejaz, Rub al Khali, Asir, Nejd Desert, N-Saudi Arabia); Kuwait; Bahrain; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Inner Hadhramaut); Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab); NW-India (Punjab, Rajasthan)
20 ALG EGY LBY 34 AFG IRN IRQ ISR JOR SIN SYR 35 BAR KUW OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Arthrophytum articulatum (Moq.) Iljin; Mater. Istorii Fl. Rastitel´n. S.S.S.R. 2: 222 (1946)
= Caroxylon articulatum Moq.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(2): 175 (1849)
= Caroxylon salicornicum Moq.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13 2: 174 (1849)
= Haloxylon articulatum (Moq.) Bunge; Beitr. Fl. Russl. 293 (1852)
= Haloxylon elegans Bunge; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 439 (1879)
= Haloxylon schweinfurthii Asch. & Schweinf.; Mém. Inst. Égypt. 2 (Suppl. Ill. Fl. Égypte): 128 (1887)
= Hammada articulata (Moq.) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 89 (1974), nom. superfl.
= Hammada elegans (Bunge) Botsch.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 362 (1964)
= Hammada hispanica Botsch.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 363 (1964)
= Hammada salicornica (Moq.) Iljin; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 583 (1948)