Japan Flora: Stems erect, thick, terete, 40- 50 cm. long, the upper portions sparsely white-pubesccnt; leaves rather numerous, soft, broadly oblanceolate or obovate- oblong, 5-10 cm. long, 1.5-25 cm. wide, obtuse to rounded, gradually narrowed toward the base, entire, the midrib thick and slightly raised, sparsely white-pubcscent beneath, the lateral nerves slender, the verticillate leaves similar but slightly shorter and broader, often dilated at base, the involucral leaves deltoid to ovate-deltoid, 2-3 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, obtuse, usually truncate at base; inflorescence rather loose, the glands of the involucres rounded-cordate, dark brown, about 2.5 mm. wide, the filaments much exserted; capsules smooth; styles slender about 3 mm. long, retuse, connate nearly to the middle. Apr, Mountains.

Hokkaido, Honshu, and (?) Kyushu.