Japan Flora: Usually glabrous erect perennial from short thick rather large rhizomes; stems 10-30 cm. long, with few leaves; radical leaves ratlier thick, long-petioled, linear-lanccolate to oblong-ovate, 2-10 cm. long, 8-25 mm. wide, subacute to obtuse, shallowly cordate to abruptly cuneate at base, slightly lustrous above and deep green, with fine veinlets, often glaucous beneath; spikes solitary, 2-5 cm. long, cylindric, densely flowered, with bulbils on lower portion; flowers rose, about 3 mm. long, with slightly exserted stamens. July-Oct Alpine slopes;

Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. and n. distr.). Arctic and alpinc regions of the N. Hemisphere.