Native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East.
Annual in the Asteraceae family, 20-60 cm, short-pubescent to glabrescent. Stems erect or diffuse, spreadingly branched. Leaves tender; radical leaves oblanceolate in outline, sinuate-dentate to lyrate-pinnatipartite; cauline leaves obovate-oblong,.sinuate-dentate or nearly entire. Involucral bracts appressed-setulose along midvein, or puberulent all over, 6-8 mm in flower, about 1.5 cm in fruit. Marginal achenes 6-8, about 1.5 cm, glabrous, linear-subulate, usually slightly incurved, persistent; inner achenes 1-3, shorter, free, puberulent or glabrous (GBIF).
Not available as ornamental.