| Family | Compositae |
| Synonyms | Chondrilla nudicaulis, Lomatolepis nudicaulis, Microrhynchus nudicaulis, Sonchus nudicaulis, Zollikoferia nudicaulis |
| Local name | Howthaan |
| Habitat in Egypt | sandy and alluvial soils, desert plains and wadis, edges of cultivation |
| Distribution | Cannary Islands, southern Spain, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Sahara, Tunisia, Chad, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Arabia, Iran |
