Japan Flora: Bulbs cylindric-lanceolate, 5-6 cm. long, about 1 cm. in diameter, with two bulblets sub­tending at the base; scapes 20-30 cm. long, with a pair of leaves below the middle; leaves petiolate, narrowly ovate or oblong, 6-12 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. wide, obtuse, mucronate or acute, entire; flowers solitary, terminal, nodding, long-pedun­culate, rose-purple, the tepals lanceolate, 5-6 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, with a 3-lobed dark purple spot at base; stamens slightly unequal, the anthers broadly linear, 6-8 mm. long; capsules suborbicular, 3-angled; stigma short, 3-lobed. Apr. Woods in lowlands and low mountains.

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku (rare); commoner northward. Korea.