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The Northern asphodel (Tofieldia coccinea var. coccinea) belongs to the family Tofieldiaceae. It is an evergreen herb that is widely distributed from the Chubu region and northward on Honshu to Hokkaido in Japan, as well as from the northern Korean Peninsula to northern China, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Siberia, Alaska, and Canada. It grows on rocky scree slopes in alpine zones and reaches a height of 5 to 15 cm. The leaves are basal, sword-shaped with sharply pointed tips, and have fine projections along the margins, giving them a rough texture. From around July to August, the plant extends a flower stalk bearing a short raceme, producing several to over ten small flowers. The perianth segments are oblong and white, with a faint purplish tint. It is also known as "Kuromi-no-iwa-zekisho". It is called "長白岩菖蒲" (chang bai yan chang pu) in Chinese.
In Korean, it's called "suk-eun-kkot-chang-po" (숙은꽃장포). This is a compound word formed from "face down" (suk-eun: 숙은) and "flowering iris" (kkot-chang-po: 꽃장포). It was named because its fruit grows facing downward.
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