Carboxylic griffithii Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 (2): 175; 1849; Arthrophytum griffithii (Moq.) Ulbrich in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. (ed. 2) 16C: 570, 1934; Hammada griffithii (Moq.) Iljin in Bot. Zhurn. 33. 583. 1948; Hedge, l.c. 324.

Fl. Per.: August-October.

Lectotype: Afghanistan: Bamian, “ Kulloo Pass”, Topchee”, Griffith Journal 1103, (K); Hedge, in Rech.f., Fl Iran. 172: 324. 1997.

Distribution: Afghanistan, C Asia and Pakistan.

A very common bush in Baluchistan & N.W.F.P., with few records from Chitral and Gilgit, where it has a somewhat sympatric distribution with the subsp. wakhanica.