It is native to Europe, western Asia and NW Africa, but introduced to some parts of the United States.

Similar plants include Veronica verna (having leaf lobes tracing back to the leaf length, short flower stalks (1–3 mm), and seed faces that are flat and convex).

Native to Europe, western Asia and introduced to the US - Native in Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia, doubtfully in Sicily, and introduced to California, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington.

[1] Its habitat in Europe is dry grassland, cultivated ground and waste places.

[3] Its habitat in Turkey is Pinus forests, stony pastures, rocky hills, banks, sandy fields, gardens and roadsides, 100–2000 m.[4]