Lilium nanum Klotzsch var. brevistylum S. Yun Liang in F. T. Wang & T. Tang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 14: 283. 1980.

Bulb oblong, 1.5--2 cm in diam.; scales purple, lanceolate, 2--3 cm × 5--7 mm. Stem 20--35 cm, glabrous. Leaves scattered, linear or narrowly lanceolate, 3--5 cm × 2--5 mm. Flower solitary, nodding, campanulate. Tepals yellow, tinged pale purplish and with purple spots adaxially; outer ones elliptic-lanceolate, 2--2.2 cm × 5--8 mm; inner ones somewhat wider; nectaries with fimbriate projections on both surfaces. Stamens converging apically; filaments 8--10 mm, glabrous; anthers 4--5 mm. Ovary ca. 1 cm × 4 mm. Style very short, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jun.

* Forest margins; ca. 4300 m. SE Xizang (Zayü Xian).