Leaves are alternate, herbaceo-chartaceous, oblanceolate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, nearly entire with setae on the margin, vivid green and with appressed-setose hairs above, pale green beneath.
Vermilion orange flowers open in May to June.
It grows on a sunny plateau in the cool temperate zone.
Poisonous flowers are used for pesticide.
Distribution ; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu