Japan Flora: Small, glabrous perennial with short rhi­zomes; leaves few, not farinose, broadly ovate or oval, 1-3 (-5) cm. long inclusive of the petiolelike base, irregularly toothed on the upper margin, nerves very slightly impressed on upper side; scapes 5-10 cm. long; flowers 1-4, terminal, the bracts linear, the pedicels erect, 7-20 mm. long; calyx tubular, 4-6 mm. long, 5-toothed to about the middle; corolla white, about 10 mm. across, the tube as long as the calyx; capsules cylindric, 4-8 mm. long. June. Alpine.

Honshu (Mount Hayachine in Rikuchu); rare.