[3] It is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae that is distributed mainly over the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and China.

[4] Adenophora triphylla is an erect, perennial herb growing to 100 centimetres (39 in) in height.

It has oval, almost round, serrated leaves growing to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) that are white, sharply pointed, and pilose.

[3] Adenophora triphylla grows well in a warm and sunny or slightly shaded niche, but cannot grow in full shade; A. triphylla needs alkaline soil that is slightly moisturized, or peaty soil.

[vague] In Korea, A. triphylla is traditionally used for sputum, cough and bronchial catarrh.