Erythraea ramosissima Persoon var. altaica Grisebach in A. de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 57. 1845; E. meyeri Bunge; E. ramosissima var. albiflora Boissier.

Calyx lobes subulate, midvein strongly crested. Corolla white or pink.

Wet cultivated land, grasslands, along streams, sandy places especially near shores; 0-2200 m. Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Zhejiang [India, Russia; C Asia].