C. creticum is at home on verges and in waste spaces making it quite a common plant throughout the Mediterranean. We found it in several places in Spain and near the Lefki Ori (White Mountains) of Crete too.

LHS: Near Zourva western Crete RHS: El Burgo river valley, Andalucia 31st March 2008

Added on 10th December 2008, updated 21st March 2010