Japan Flora: Bulbs broadly ovoid, 3-4 cm. long, with dark brown outer coat; leaves 2, relatively thick, attached near base of the scape, paired, linear, 15-25 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, gradually narrowed to an obtuse point, glaucous; scapes slender, 15-30 cm. long, often decumbent, the bracts 2(-3), linear, 2-3 cm. long; flowers 1-3, 2-2.5 cm. long, erect, the pedicels 2-4 cm. long, the tepals lanceolate, subobtuse or subacute, white with dark purple striations inside; style 4-5 mm. long; capsules nearly globose and angled, about 1.2 cm. long and as broad. Mar.-Apr. Meadows in lowlands along rivers.

Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.); Shikoku, Kyushu; common. China.