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"Miyama-mojizuri" (Gymnadenia cucullata) belongs to Orchidaceae (the Orchid family). It is a perennial herb that is distributed from the Chubu region of Honshu north to Hokkaido, and Shikoku in Japan, as well as the Korean Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, and Siberia. This herb grows in coniferous forests in the subalpine zone from the mountains and can reach 10 to 20 cm in height. The leaves are oblong, two basal, and small lanceolate leaves alternate on the flower stalk. The racemes are borne on the upper part of the flower stalk, and the pale pink flowers come in bloom spirally from July to September. The calyx and lateral petals are helmet-shaped, and the lip splits into three.
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