Paradisea bulbuliferum Lingelsheim ex H. Limpricht, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 316. 1922; Lilium hyacinthinum E. H. Wilson; Notholirion hyacinthinum (E. H. Wilson) Stapf.

Bulbels many, pale brown, ovoid, 3--5 mm in diam. Stem 60--150 cm, subglabrous. Basal leaves several, lorate, 10--25 × 1.5--2 cm; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, 10--18 × 1--2 cm. Raceme laxly 10--24-flowered; bracts leaflike, linear, 2--7.5 cm × 3--4 mm. Flowers horizontal; pedicel slightly curved, 5--7 mm. Tepals usually spreading, pale purple or blue-purple, tinged with green apically, obovate or oblanceolate, 2.5--3.6 × 0.8--1.2 cm. Stamens scarcely shorter than tepals. Ovary pale purple, 1--1.5 cm. Style 1.5--2 cm. Capsule oblong to obovoid-oblong, 1.6--2 × ca. 1.5 cm, obtusely angular. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug. 2 n = 24*.

Thickets, alpine grassy slopes; 3000--4500 m. Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].