Japan Flora: Erect perennial herb 50-100 cm. long; stems thinly ascending- puberulous; leaves ovate or sometimes rather narrowly ovate, 5- 10 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. wide, acuminate, rounded to broadly cuneate at base, coarsely toothed, vivid green, scattered-pilose above, often sparingly short-pilose beneath; staminate inflorescence on upper portion of stems above the pistillate, the glomerules rather loose. July-Oct. Woods in mountains;

Hokkaido, Honshu. Korea and China.