Japan Flora: Green biennial; stems sparsely branched at base, sparsely pu­bescent in upper part; leaves spathulate-obovate to obovate- cuneate, 1-3 cm. long, 6-20 mm. wide, rounded at apex, ob­tusely serrulate, green, the upper leaves similar, relatively large, the involucral leaves obovate or broadly so, relatively small, green; cyathia many, dense, the glands transversely elliptic, about I mm. long, yellowish green; capsules smooth, about 3 mm. across; seeds obovoid, brown, with raised reticula­tions, about 1.8 mm. across. Apr. Waste grounds and riverbanks, sometimes cultivated fields in lowlands.

Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. Warmer regions of Eurasia