Bulbs ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 3--4.5 cm in diam. Leaves appearing in early spring, ligulate but gradually tapering toward apex, ca. 35 × 1.5--2 cm, midvein pale, apex obtuse. Flowering stem ca. 60 cm. Umbel 4--6-flowered; involucres 2, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 3--3.5 × ca. 1.2 cm. Perianth yellow, ca. 7.5 cm in diam.; tube 2.5--3.5 cm; lobes strongly recurved and widely spreading, obovate-oblanceolate, ca. 6 × 1.5 cm, margin basally minutely undulate. Stamens nearly as long as perianth. Style slightly longer than perianth. Fl. Aug. 2 n = 16*.

* Rock crevices on slopes. Anhui, Jiangsu.