Vern: Spighwol (Pushto); Isafghol (Punjab); Danich (Baluchi).

Posterior sepals and their carina glabrous, not hirsute. Corolla lobes smaller and narrower than the type subspecies, 2-2.5 mm long.

Fl.Per.: March.

Type: “Malwa et Pentepotamia, Sikh State” Edgeworth..

Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Arabia, Southern parts of Iran, Pakistan and Western India.

The juice is taken in the hot weather as a cooling drink.