Bulb cylindrical, 4-6 cm long, light brown, erect; outer coat reticulate fibrous. Leaves 4-6(-8), linear, 1-4 mm broad, not fistular, shorter than the scape. Umbels dense flowered. Pedicels filiform, 1-1.5 cm long. Tepals elliptic, white to pink, c. 6 mm long, apex acute to acuminate. Filaments shorter than the tepals, entire, inner broader, narrowly triangular.

Fl. Per.: July-August.

Type: Himalayas, Roxburgh (BM).

Distribution: Himalayas in India and Pakistan to China and Japan.