[1][2] Consolida regalis is native to:[2] The plant is found growing on sandy or chalky soils.

It grows in dry weedy places and roadside ditches, and in cereal crop fields.

The plant has become quite rare in central and southern Europe because of the increased use of herbicides and intensive soil cultivation.

The roots grow into the soil up to a depth of 50 centimetres (20 in), so the plant can survive long periods of drought.

The upper sepal is prolonged in a spur of 15–18 millimetres (0.59–0.71 in) long, pointing toward the back.