Pogonia minor (Makino) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 23: 137. 1909.

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Pogonia japonica H. G. Reichenbach var. minor Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 12: 103. 1898.

Plants 13-16 cm tall. Rhizome 2-7 × ca. 2 mm, with several, elongate, slender roots. Stem with a sheath below leaf; sheath 7-12 mm. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, 3-7 × 0.4-1.2 cm, slightly fleshy, base amplexicaul, apex acute or obtuse. Floral bract positioned 3-6 cm above leaf, narrowly lanceolate, 20-30 × 3-4 mm. Flower solitary, terminal, erect, not opening widely, white; pedicel and ovary 10-20 mm. Sepals narrowly oblanceolate, 12-13(-15) × 2-3 mm, apex acute. Petals similar to sepals, narrowly ovate-elliptic, 12-13(-15) × 2.5-4 mm, apex acute; lip oblanceolate, ca. 11 × 2 mm, 3-lobed above middle; lateral lobes triangular, ca. 1 mm, apex acute; mid-lobe oblong, ca. 5 × 2 mm, with 3 crests of fleshy hairs, margin irregularly denticulate; disk with 3 longitudinal ridges extending from base of lip to base of mid-lobe and becoming continuous with hairy crests on mid-lobe. Column erect, nearly straight, white, ca. 7 mm. Capsule oblong-cylindric, ca. 20 mm. Fl. May-Jun. 2n = 18.

Grasslands; 2200-2400 m. S Taiwan [Japan].