Across southern Europe, from southern England to the Crimea.
Very variable, with a number of subspecies raised to specific rank by some botanists. Frequent in scrub, garigue, maquis, grasslands.
Top photograph: Gargano Peninsula, E Italy, 2002.
© Paul Hackney.
Middle photograph: Gargano Peninsula, E Italy, 2002.
© Alan Hill.
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