Japan Flora: Nearly glabrous perennial herb with stems 30-70 cm. long; radical leaves petioled, the leaflets 11-15, rather loosely arranged on the rachis, broadly to narrowly ovate or elliptic, 2.5-5 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, rounded at apex, cordate at base, glaucous beneath, toothed, the petiolules 5-20 mm. long, dis- tinct, sometimes with a stipulelike small blade at base, the cauline leaves smaller, the petioles sometimes with white- appressed short hairs near the base; spikes 1-5 or sometimes more, erect or slightly nodding above, 3-6 cm. long, 9-12 mm. across exclusive of the stamens; flowers white, often partially reddish, the peduncles sometimes with short redcHsh brown hairs; stamens 6-8 mm. long, flat and dilated above; stigma rather large. Aug.-Sept. Alpine meadows.

Honshu (n. distr.); rather common.