Bulbs ovoid, ca. 3 cm in diam. Leaves appearing in early spring, dark green, narrowly ligulate, 24--30 × 1--1.2 cm, midvein distinctly pale, apex obtuse. Flowering stem ca. 50 cm. Umbel 3--6-flowered; involucres 2, pale brown, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, ca. 4 × 1(--1.5) cm. Perianth yellow with red stripes in bud; tube 1.5--2 cm; lobes adaxially with red, brushlike stripes, obovate-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, ca. 7 × 1.5 cm, base clawed, ca. 0.5 cm wide, margin minutely undulate, apex acute. Stamens nearly as long as perianth. Style longer than perianth. Fl. Jul--Aug.

* Mixed forests, shady and moist places on slopes. Guangxi.