Native to northern Africa (i.e. northern Algeria, northern Egypt, northern Libya, Morocco and Tunisia), the Azores, the Canary Islands, western and southern Europe (i.e. Ireland, the UK, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, Albania, Greece, Italy and southern Yugoslavia) and western Asia (i.e. Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Turkey).
can also be a perennial
Not finding it listed in horticultural sources.