Produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang. It grows in hills, low mountain grassy slopes or field margins. Also in Korea, Japan, and Europe. Habitat Grassy slopes, riverside meadows, open fields, roadsides, hills, hilly grassy slopes, mountain slopes, hillside meadows, sunny meadows Lower limit of elevation 200 Upper limit of elevation 2500 Is it endemic to China No Is it cultivated Non-indigenous Overseas Distribution Southern Europe; Europe; European; European Tropics; European Temperate; Temperate; Asia; Asian Tropics; Asian Temperate; Central Europe; Russia W Siberia:Irt; Korea; Russia Altai Region; Russia, Eastern Siberia: Anger-Sayan; Russia, Eastern Siberia: Daurian; Russia, Eastern Siberia: Len-Kol; Russia, Eastern Siberia: Yenisei; Russia, Western Siberia: Obusk; Russia, Western Siberia: Verkhnaya-Tobol; Russia, Far East: Okhotsk; Russia, Far East: Kamchatka; Russia, Far East: Sakhalin; Russia, Far East: Sakhalin; Russia, Far East: Sakhalin; Russia, Far East: Sakhalin; Russia, Far East: Kashgar; Russia, Far East: Kurgan; Russia, Far East: Kuril Islands. Russian Far East: Udesk; Russian Far East: Ussuri; Russian Far East: Zoya-Bureya; Kazakhstan: Lake Balkhash Region; Kazakhstan: Jungar-Talbakatai; Kyrgyzstan: Arai Mountain Region; USSR Caucasus: North Caucasus; USSR Caucasus: Dagestan; USSR Caucasus: Transcaucasus Orientalis; USSR Caucasus: Transcaucasus Australis; USSR Caucasus: Transcaucasus Australis; USSR Caucasus: Transcaucasus Australis; USSR Caucasus: Transcaucasus Orientalis. USSR Caucasus:Mount Taresh; USSR Caucasus:Western Transcaucasus; USSR Europe:Bessarabia; USSR Europe:Baltic Coast; USSR Europe:Dvina-Pechora Bay; USSR Europe:Volga-Don; USSR Europe:Volga-Kama; USSR Europe:Black Sea Region; USSR Europe:Karelia-Lapland; USSR Europe:Krim; USSR Europe:Kirghistan; USSR Europe:Kirchner; USSR Europe:Kirghizia. Europe: Ladoga-Irmin Mountains; Europe, USSR: Upper Transnistria; Europe, USSR: Upper Dnieper; Europe, USSR: Upper Volga; Europe, USSR: Trans-Volga; Europe, USSR: Lower Don; Europe, USSR: Lower Volga; Europe, USSR: Middle Dnipro; Europe, USSR: Central Asia, USSR: Arar - Caspian Sea; Europe, USSR: Amdalia; Europe, USSR: Karakum; Europe, USSR: Central Asia. Karakum; Central Asia, USSR: Kizil-Kuma; Central Asia, USSR: Syr Darya; Turkmenistan: Turkmen Mountains Domestic Distribution Liaoning, Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan