乡城百合 xiang cheng bai he

Lilium xanthellum Credit: Harvard University Herbaria

Bulb subglobose, 4--5 cm in diam.; scales yellow, lanceolate, 4--4.5 × 1.2--1.5 cm. Stem 35--55 cm, with dense, small scales (visible with magnification). Leaves scattered, linear, 4--8 × 0.2--0.3 mm, margin slightly recurved, papillose. Flowers solitary or paired. Tepals yellow, with or without purple spots, narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate, ca. 3.5 cm × 6 mm; nectaries with cristate projections on both surfaces. Filaments 1.6--3 cm, glabrous; anthers linear, 1--1.2 cm. Ovary 1.3--1.5 cm × 2--3 mm. Style 1.2--1.6 cm. Fl. Jun.

* Sunny shrubby slopes, rocky places along valleys; 3200--3600 m. W Sichuan.