It is native to Japan, where it is found from the Kantō region westward.

[1][2] Its natural habitat is in moist, deeply forested places in the mountains.

It has serrated leaves, 3 to 6 cm long, with up to 5 teeth per side.

It produces umbels of small flowers from March to May.

[3] It is similar to the wider-ranging and more robust Elatostema involucratum, which has been considered a variety of Elatostema umbellatum by some authors (as E. umbellatum var.