Biennial.

Height.    50cm - 2 metres.

Flowers.  Yellow in a dense woolly, spike like raceme, occasionally branched below..

Flowering period.  June - Sept

Habitat.    Hedgerows, roadsides, scrub, wasteland, meadows. Mainly stony or calcareous soils.

Regions in France.   All.

Protection in  France.   None known. Common.