In nature, it grows in the mountains of Central and Asia Minor, in the Caucasus, in the Crimea and on the Mediterranean coast.
N'okpuru ọnọdụ okike, ọ na-eto n'ugwu na oke ọhịa nke Crimea na Caucasus, n'ógbè Mediterenian, n'ebe ndịda na n'etiti Europe, na Asia Minor.