Absent from Europe; in W Asia in Anatolia, Cyprus, Levant eastwards to Iran.
Top photograph: Turkey 1997.
© Alan Hill
All other photographs from Episkopi, Cyprus, 2004.
© Paul Hackney
A tall and robust species reaching 1 m in height and with large narrow leaves. Rare and local in the area of its distribution. Found on stream banks, in ravines, and on cliffs with water seepage. Ascending to 2000 m altitude.
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Bottom photograph: habitat (damp limestone cliff) at Episkopi 2004.
© Paul Hackney