See text Sieversia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae.

[1] It is also in the subfamily Rosoideae,[2] and tribe Colurieae.

[3] Its native range is the Russian Far East (within the federal subjects of Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye and Sakhalin including the Kuril Islands) to Japan and the Aleutian Islands.

[1] The genus name of Sieversia is in honour of Johann August Carl Sievers (1762–1795), a German-born botanist who explored Central Asia, Siberia, and other Asian regions of the Russian Empire.

[1] According to Plants of the World Online:[1]