Published in Besser. (1834). In: Nouv. Mém. Soc. Nat. Moscou 3: 79.
The native range of this species is N. Korea, Russian Far East to Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Subarctic America to U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.