[2] The earlier synonym Glochidotheca is also used as the accepted genus name,[3] but Plants of the World Online states that it was not validly published.

Reproduction is carried out by seeds, which are dispersed through zoochory (by animals) or barochory (dropping by gravity).

[11] It is native to Bulgaria and parts of western Asia: Iran, Iraq, Lebanon,[12] Syria and Turkey.

[13] It is listed as critically endangered in Bulgaria, and is threatened by he poor competitive ability of the species and its small population; overgrazing and strong soil erosion.

[4] It grows in stony grasslands and scrubland, on screes, hillsides,[5] on limestone bedrock, usually on shallow soil in the oak-forests belt.