Lloydia forrestii Diels; L. forrestii var. psilostemon Handel-Mazzetti.

Plants 5--20(--25) cm tall. Bulb 1--2 cm × 6--7 mm. Basal leaves 3--7, filiform, ca. 1 mm wide; cauline leaves several, narrowly linear, 1--3 cm × ca. 1 mm. Inflorescence usually 1-flowered. Tepals yellow or yellowish green, obovate-elliptic, 0.9--1.3 cm × 3--4 mm, glabrous, without a nectariferous groove near base adaxially, apex obtuse. Stamens 3/5--2/3 as long as tepals; filaments glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Ovary narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 3 × 1 mm. Style ca. 3 mm; stigma slightly thickened. Capsule narrowly obovoid-oblong, ca. 1.5 cm × 4 mm. Seeds narrowly ovate-linear, ca. 2.5 mm, longitudinally 3-angled, winged at 1 end. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Aug.

* Sparsely forested slopes, grasslands; 2800--4800 m. S Gansu, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan.