Bulbels many, pale brown, ovoid, 5--6 mm in diam. Stem 60--100 cm, subglabrous. Basal leaves many, lorate, 22--24 × 2--2.5 cm, membranous; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, 10--20 × 1--2.5 cm. Raceme laxly 10--16-flowered; bracts leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 3--7 cm × 4--9 mm. Flowers nodding, campanulate; pedicel slightly curved, 4--7 mm. Tepals usually spreading, red, dark red, pink, or sometimes red-purple, tinged with green apically, obovate-oblanceolate, 3.5--5 × 1--2 cm. Stamens slightly shorter than tepals. Ovary cylindric, 1--1.3 cm × 2--3 mm. Style ca. 2 cm. Capsule brownish, oblong, 2--2.5 × 1.6--1.8 cm. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Sep. 2 n = 24.

Forest margins, grassy slopes; 2800--4500 m. Sichuan, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Myanmar].