Fritillaria souliei Franchet, J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 221. 1898; Nomocharis souliei (Franchet) W. W. Smith & W. E. Evans.

Bulb narrowly ovoid, 1.3--1.8 cm in diam.; scales white, lanceolate. 1.5--3 cm × 6--10 mm. Stem 10--30 cm. Leaves 5--8, scattered, narrowly elliptic, lanceolate, or linear, 3--6 × 0.6--1.5 cm, margin sometimes sparsely papillose. Flower solitary, nodding, campanulate. Tepals purple-red, usually paler toward base, unspotted; outer ones elliptic, 2.5--3.5 × 0.9--1.2 cm, apex shortly pointed; inner ones 1--1.8 cm wide; nectaries not papillose. Stamens converging; filaments 1.2--1.4 cm, glabrous; anthers purple-black, 5--7 mm. Style to 1.2 cm; stigma small. Capsule subglobose, 1.5--2 cm in diam. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 24*.

* Thicket margins, grassy slopes; 1200--1400 m. Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan.