Korean fairy bells

It is 30-50 cm tall, with a short rhizome and a root that spreads sideways, and its large branches spring out from the top. Its leaves are opposite and has a long, oval shape, 5-18 cm in length and 3-6 cm wide, with a pointed tip and a round bottom, with 3-5 veins and no petiole. From April to June, its flowers bloom in gold and white, and 1-3 flowers hang down from the tip as the stem bends. For the flower, it is 2-2.5 cm long, with a tubular perianth. The perianth has 6 leaflets, spatulate and tubular. There are 6 stamens and 1 pistil, and the fruit is a berry, about 1 cm in diameter, and turns black when ripe.

It is distributed in Korea and China. It can be found in mountain forests in the central and southern parts of the Korea peninsula, but not Ulleungdo and Jeju Island. In China, it can be found in the provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Shaanxi and Sichuan.