Bulb subglobose, 3.5--4 cm in diam.; scales brownish yellow or purple when dried, lanceolate, ca. 3.5 × 1 cm. Stem 0.6--1.5 m, papillose. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, 8--17 cm × 6--10 mm. Flowers 1--4, funnelform, slightly fragrant. Tepals white, tinged pale yellow adaxially, tinged pale green-yellow or purple or brownish along midvein abaxially; outer ones lanceolate, 12--15 × 1.2--2.8 cm; inner ones spatulate, 2.6--3.8 cm wide; nectaries not papillose. Filaments 10--22 cm, densely pubescent proximally; anthers pale yellow, ca. 1 cm. Ovary 3.5--4 cm. Style to 10 cm, basally pubescent. Fl. Jun--Jul.

* Grassy places along rivers, hillsides along ravines; 400--2500 m. S Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan.