Japan Flora: Nearly glabrous or sparingly reddish brown hairy; stems 40-80 cm. long, erect, few-leaved, often branching above; radical leaves long-petioled, the leaflets 9-13, oblong or ovate-oblong, 3-6 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, rounded at apex, cordate to rounded at base, coarsely toothed, glaucescent beneath, the petiolules 3-7 mm. long, the cauline leaves smaller, often with soft appressed hairs beneath near base; spikes few, pendulous, long-cylindric, 4-10 cm. long, about 10 mm. across exclusive of the stamens; flowers deep rose-purple; stamens 7-10 mm. long, the filaments flattened and broadened above, the anthers pale yellowish brown when dried, with a deep brown base. Alpine meadows.

Honshu (Japan Sea side of centr. distr.) Korea (variety).

var. japonensis (Makino) Ohwi. Differs from the typical phase in the centripetal inflores­cence. Rocks along valleys and ravines; Hokkaido; rare.