Japan Flora: Perennial herb with a thickened caudex; stems firm, tufted, erect or ascending, 20-40 cm. long, usually simple, more or less soft- pnbescent, several-leaved; petioles short, the stipules mem­branous, pale, acuminate; leaflets equal, oblanceolate, rarely narrowly obovate, 2-4 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide; heads in upper axils, 10- to 20-flowered, the peduncles pubescent, 0.5-3 cm. long; flowers deep red; calyx-lobes subulate, the lowest longer. June-Sept Grassy slopes and rocky cliffs on vol­canoes and near seashores.

Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. distr. and northw.); e. Europe to Asia.