Rhizomes short-creeping; Stems 35-100 cm. long, obsoletely ribbed; lower leaves 12-16 cm. long, petiolate, pinnatisect, the leaflets 9 to 12 pairs, lanceolate, sessile, acuminate to acute, glabrous; upper leaves gradually smaller and sessile, with fewer segments; inflorescence corymb, glandular-pilose; flow­ers short or long-pedicelled, 22-25 mm. long; calyx deeply 5- lobed, 5-12 mm. long, the lobes narrowly lanceolate, acute; corolla blue, the lobes elliptic, emarginate, loosely ciliate. May-Aug. mountains, alpine slopes 

Hokkaido. Honshu (centr. distr.), Kyushu