Japanese name: ネバリノギラン（粘芒蘭） Scientific name:Aletris foliata
[Overview]
A perennial 20–40 cm tall, found in grasslands from the mountains to the subalpine zone.
It has a short rhizome.
The leaves are basal, lanceolate, 10–25 cm long and 1–2 cm wide, with 7–11 veins.
A raceme at the tip of the flower stalk bears many small flowers.
Small leaves grow on the flower stalk.
The flowers are yellowish green to pale brown with 6 tepals, and the base of the flower is fused into an urn shape.
The flowers have slender bracts and short flower stalks.
Glandular hairs grow on the outside of the inflorescence axis, flower stalks and tepals, making them sticky.
The fruit is an elliptical capsule.
