Plants 10--25 cm tall. Bulb 1.5--2.5 cm × 6--7 mm. Basal leaves 3--8, narrowly strap-shaped, usually shorter than stem, 1.5--2.5 mm wide; cauline leaves several, 1--2 cm × 1--2 mm. Inflorescence 1--4-flowered; bracts 0.6--1.5 cm. Tepals yellow, purplish green veined, 1.4--1.9 cm, glabrous; outer tepals suboblong, 4--6 mm wide, inner ones obovate-elliptic, 6--8 mm wide. Stamens 0.9--1.2 cm; filaments densely villous except apically. Ovary ovoid, 3--4 mm. Style 4--6 mm, stigma slightly 3-lobed. Fl. May--Jul.

Thickets, meadows; 4000--5000 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].