Distribution: S-Spain; Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Niger; N-Chad (Tibesti, Ennedi); Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Madagascar; Comores; Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Kabul, Laghman, Nangarhar); Israel (Rift Valley, Judean Desert, S-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, S-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Nafud Desert, Hejaz, Midyan, Asir, Nejd Desert); Kuwait; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Swat); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab)
12 SPA 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN WSA 22 MTN NGR 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SUD 29 COM MDG 34 AFG IRN ISR JOR SIN 35 KUW OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 40 IND PAK
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= Caidbeja adhaerens Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 82 (1775)
= Chamaedryfolia tenacissima (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 625 (1891)
= Forsskaolea cossoniana Webb; Otia Hispan., ed. 2: 49, t. 45 (1853) (Forskohlea)
= Forsskaolea latifolia Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 3: 31 (1783) (Forskohlea), nom. illeg.
= Forsskaolea tenacissima var. cossoniana (Webb) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235 (1869)
= Forsskaolea tenacissima var. erythraea A.Terracc.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 119 (1894)