Description: Native to grassy slopes and meadows in China, eastern Siberia and Japan, this long-lived perennial has rigid, alternate, upright leafy stems that are ovate to ovate-lanceolate, about 1-3 ...

Q I'd appreciate it if you would identify this plant for us. This is its third year and the last two it has come up from the roots. Is it sometimes called a "balloon plant"? A The plant in question is ...