In 2003, it was listed as an endemic vascular species of the temperate steppe region of Inner Mongolia, China, along with Stipa grandis, Artemisia frigida, Festuca ovina, Thymus serpyllum, Caragana microphylla, Koeleria cristata and others [REF].
It is included in the IUCN 'Red Data Book' of the Chita Oblast of 2002, listed as 'rare'.