Japan Flora: Rhizomes short; leaves orbicular to ovate-cordate, 4-7 cm. in diameter, rounded, glabrate on upper side, loosely long- pubescent on the nerves beneath, shallowly incised and toothed, the petioles once to twice as long as the leaves, long-pubescent; scapes 10-15 cm. long, long-pubescent on the lower part, gla­brous above, the bracts broadly linear, the pedicels 2-5, usually umbellate, 1-2.5 cm. long; flowers rose-purple, 2.5-3 cm. across; calyx 6-8 mm. long, 5-cleft, the lobes gradually narrowed, ob­tuse, callose-pointed; corolla-tube 15-20 mm. long, narrow; capsules Iong-cylindric, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, erect, 2 or 3 times as long as the calyx.   Apr.-May. Wet shaded rocks in moun­tains; Honshu (s. Kinki Distr. and Mino Prov.), Shikoku, Kyu­shu; rare.

var. brachycarpa (Hara) Ohwi. Leaves orbicular or ovate-cordate; corolla tube about 15 mm. long; capsules oblong-cylindric to oblong, 5-13 mm. long.  Wet rocky cliffs in mountains; Honshu (south centr. distr. and Kanto); rare.

var. rhodotricha (Nakai & F. Mackawa) Ohwi. Leaves orbicular-cordate, obsoletely incised; capsules about 10 mm. long. Rocky wet shady cliffs in mountains; Honshu (south centr. distr. and Kanto); rare.