Pedicularis yezoensis var. yezoensis ("Ezoshiogama")

Japanese name: エゾシオガマ
Scientific name: Pedicularis yezoensis var. yezoensis

[Overview]
A perennial 20–50 cm tall, found in sunny, moist grasslands and similar places in the subalpine zone.
The stem branches from the base and stands erect.
The leaves are simple and alternate, triangular-lanceolate, 2–6 cm long and 0.5–2 cm wide, with double serrations on the margin.
The petiole is 1–2 cm long.
Flowers are borne singly in the leaf axils at the stem tip.
The flowers are pale yellow and lip-shaped; the upper lip tapers to a tail-like point, and the lower lip is shallowly 3-lobed.
The fruit is an ovate capsule.

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