🌍 Mediterranean, France, Italy (Eruca vesicaria — arugula/collet; wild in Mediterranean; major cultivation in France (Collet), Italy (rucola), US
🕰️ Indigenous to Mediterranean; wild-foraged in Italy, France, and the Middle East; called "collet" in Southern France (Languedoc), "rucola" in Italy; commercial cultivation began ~1980s in the US; became globally popular ~2000