Japan Flora: Bulbs lanceolate-cylindric, the coat thinly membranous, attached to a short but distinct rhizome; scapes 30-50 cm. long, relatively soft and stout; pedicels 8-15 mm. long; tepals 6-8 mm. long, equaling to slightly longer than the stamens. (July)-Aug. Alpine meadows;

Honshu (centr. distr.).  The typical phase occurs in Dahuria to Ussuri and the high mountains of n. Korea.

var. shibutsuense (Kitam.) Ohwi. Scapes and leaves slender and relatively firm; flowers and umbels smaller. Alpine regions; Honshu (Mount Shibutsu in Kotsuke Prov.).