Published in Blume ex Hook. fil. & Thomson. (1880). In: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 175 (1858); Et Ex Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 26: 483.
The native range of this species is S. Korea, Sakhalin to Japan. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.