Published in Notiser ur S„llskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica f”rhandlingar, Notiser ur S„llskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica f”rhandlingar; 1858, 314, 1868
The native range of this species is Azores, Morocco, Europe to W. Siberia and Türkiye. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.