Kochia monticola Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. Ser. 1.7.82: 1846; Panderia divaricata C.Koch in Linnaea 22: 186. 1849; P. turkestanica Iljin in Bull. Jard. Bot. Acad. Sc. URSS 30: 364. 1932.

Annual, (5-) 10-30 (-80) cm, with a ± all-over indumentum of short and long tangled or spreading hairs, stem simple or branched from base, ascending or erect. Leaves linear to oblong-elliptic, 8-14 x 1-4 mm. Perianth urceolate, connate to c. 2/3 of tube; in fruit oblong-cylindrical;. 3-3.5 mm, with horn-like appendages or distinct spreading entire or erose wings. Seeds oblong-obovoid c. 1.8 x 1 mm dark brown, smooth.

Fl. Per.: June-August.

Type: Azerbaijan: Talysh (LE).

Distribution: Palestine, S. Iraq, Caucasus, Central and Eastern Turkey, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.