Japan Flora: Roots narrowly oblong; stems slender, erect, 12-20 (rarely to 25) cm. long, 1- or 2-leaved below the middle; leaves linear to broadly so3 4-8 cm. long, 4-8 mm. wide, subacute; spikes 2- to 5-flowered, secund; bracts broadly lanceolate, 3-8 mm. long, subacute; flowers white to pale rose; sepals 35-4.5 mm. long, obtuse, 3-nerved, the dorsal sepal elliptic, the lateral sepals obliquely ovate; petals about as long as the sepals, obliquely ovate, 2-nerved; lip 8-10 mm. long, 3-Iobed, cuneate, the lateral lobes ascending, lanceolate, the terminal lobe slightly longer, spathulate-cuneate, shallowly bifid; spur 1-1.5 mm. long, obtuse; capsules short-pedicelled. June-Aug. Bogs, rarely wet rocks along streams in mountains;

Hokkaido, Honshu (Kanto Distr. and northw.). s. Kuriles.