Lebanese distribution: Reported from Tripoli, ‘Aley, Bikfaya, Souq-el-Gharb (?), Hadtoun, Bhamdoun, Jisr-el-Hajar, Qarn ‘Aïtou, ‘Aqoura, forest of Ehden, Mount Sannine, Jabal Kneissé, Qobbayat, and the Hermon (road pass at Yanta).
Life-form & habit: Suffrutescent at base, multicaule, 15–40 cm tall; stems erect or ascending, covered with spreading, rather harsh setae inserted on stellate-pilose tubercles.