Distribution
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States of America (introduced), Uzbekistan, Western Sahara

Native to: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Manchuria, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia.
Introduced into: British Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, India, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

Basal leaves: blades palmately 5–12-lobed or -angled, mostly 5–20+ × 5–20+ cm, margins irregularly denticulate. Cauline leaves mostly 5–25 mm. Calyculi: bractlets 5–15 mm. Phyllaries mostly 7–15 mm. Ray corollas: laminae (2–)4–10 mm. Disc corollas 10–12 mm. Cypselae 3–4 mm; pappi 8–12 mm, ± surpassing involucres. Fruits achenes, oblong, with five longitudinal ribs and one-row crest from glossy-white, rough bristles, 3.2-3.6 x 0.5-0.6 mm. Surface smooth, slight lustrous, pale-brown. 2n = 60.

Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Disturbed sites, sandy or rocky soils, calcareous sites.
Elevation: 0–800 m.

(Flora of North America)