Aletris luteoviridis ("Nogiran")

Japanese name: ノギラン （芒蘭）
Scientific name: Aletris luteoviridis

[Overview]
A perennial 20–50 cm tall, found in mountain grasslands.
It has a short rhizome.
The leaves are basal and oblanceolate, 8–20 cm long.
A raceme at the tip of the flower stalk bears many small flowers.
The flower stalks are short, 2–4 mm long, so the inflorescence looks like a spike.
The flowers are yellowish green with 6 tepals.
The tepals are linear-lanceolate and do not fall after flowering.
There are 6 stamens, shorter than the tepals, with hairless filaments.
The fruit is an oblong capsule.

[Uses]
The whole plant is used medicinally.

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