Stems erect, numerous 35-45 cm. Rootstock thick, knobbly. Leaves sessile, alternate, linear-lanceolate, 3-6 cm x 0.5-1.0 cm, serrate at the apex, margin smooth at the base. Flowers yellow in crowded leafy corymbose cymes. V - evergreen, new growth May to October. Fl - June-July. Fr - September. P - by seed and by division. Well suited to the rock garden. Z 4.

Far East (Ussuriskiy Region), Japan and China. On dry slopes, in rocky places, in meadows, broadleaved forests.