Tripolitania: East of Tajura, 04/0/2002; Bin Gashir, 30/11/2002 & 25/01/2002; Tarhunah, 29/09/2001; Sabratah, 30/09/2001; Lepcis Magna (Al Khums), 30/06/2001; Al Aziziyah, 28/03/2003; Az Zawiyah, 30/03/2002; Suq al Ahad, 27/02/2004.

Cited from Cyrenaica (Zavaterri, 1934; Koch, 1937 & 1939; Gridelli, 1933 & 1937; Mellini and Fiori, 1954; Fiori, 1957) and Fazzan (Peyerhimhoff, 1948; Pierre, 1963) but never seen there, where it seems to be replaced by P. deresa and P. grandis respectively. P. grandis is also a vicariant in the dry areas of the Hamada al Hamra.
Very common in sandy habitats, even cultivated in Jaffarah Plain and Jabal Nefusah (Tripolitania).