Rhizome ± moniliform or terete, 3--6 mm thick. Stem arching, 15--30 cm, laxly pubescent except basally. Leaves 5 or 6, alternate; petiole very short; leaf blade narrowly ovate to ovate-elliptic, 3.5--8 × 2.3--4.6 cm, both surfaces pubescent, base rounded, apex acuminate. Inflorescences usually 2-flowered; peduncle 4--6 mm, pubescent; bracts 3 or 4, borne at apex of peduncle, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1--2 × 0.5--1.2 cm, leaflike, 7- or more veined, pubescent, persistent. Flowers pendulous; pedicel 1--2 mm. Perianth pale green, cylindric, 1.1--1.9 cm; lobes ca. 3 × 2 mm. Filaments slightly compressed to filiform, 4--5 mm, basally slightly verruculose, apically smooth; anthers 3--4 mm. Ovary 3--4 mm. Style 6--11 mm, usually slightly exserted. Fl. May--Jun. 2 n = 22*.

* Forests, grassy slopes; 1700--2500 m. Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan.