Japan Flora: Roots thickened, conical, more or less lobed; stems erect, 15-30 cm. long, or 3-leaved on lower half; leaves narrowly obovate-oblong or oblong, 4-8 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, rounded to acute at apex, sheathing at base; spikes 4-12 cm. long, rather dense, many-flowered; bracts usually longer than the flower, narrowly lanceolate, 1-4 cm. long; flowers greenish brown, small; sepals narrowly ovate, 5-7 mm. long, obtuse, 5- to 7-nerved, ascending; petals linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved, shorter than the sepals; lip pendulous, oblanceolate, rather thick, longer than the sepals, shallowly 3-lobed, the lateral lobes about 2 mm. long, erect, broadly lanceolate, obtuse, the terminal lobe subrounded, about 0.5 mm. long; spur narrowly ovoid, about 3 mm. long. May-July. High mountains;

Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. and n. distr.); rather rare. Korea, China, e. Siberia, Europe, and N. America.