Aletris biondiana Diels; A. lactiflora Franchet.

Leaves 5--10, laxly tufted, linear, 5--18 cm × 2--6 mm. Scape 10--30 cm. Raceme 2--7.5 cm, laxly 5--25-flowered; rachis pubescent. Flowers distinctly pedicellate; pedicel 0.5--3 mm, pubescent; bract and bracteole borne at or near apex of pedicel; bract narrowly linear-lanceolate, 5--15 mm, 2--5 × flower length, base pubescent, apex subacute. Perianth white, 2.5--4.5 mm, pubescent; tube urceolate; lobes ± erect, ovate to lanceolate, 1--2 × ca. 0.7 mm, 0.6--0.8 × tube length, apex obtuse. Capsule ovoid to subglobose, 3--3.5 × 2.5--3 mm, apex of valves abruptly narrowed; style ca. 0.5 mm; stigma not or only slightly thickened. Fl. Jul.

* Forested slopes, grassy places, herb communities; 3300--4300 m. Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan.