Distributed in Europe, Asia, North America, North Africa, Pakistan.
It is a shrub and tree plant that grows from 1-3 m to 8-12 m in height and is evergreen. The bark is dark gray, the stem is brown. The leaves are linear stiff leaves 1-1.5 cm long and 0.7-7.5 mm wide. Monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant.
It is used in the manufacture of perfumes, disinfectants, flatulence, diarrhea, nephritis, bronchitis, tuberculosis, allergies.
It grows in mountainous areas, forests, riverbanks, various soils and sandy moist soils.