Lilium apertum Franchet, J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 220. 1898; Fritillaria oxypetala Royle; L. oxypetalum (Royle) Baker; Nomocharis forrestii I. B. Balfour.

Bulb ovoid, 1.5--2.5 × 1--2 cm. Stem 25--50 cm. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3--5.5 × 0.8--1.2 cm. Flowers usually 1 or 2(--6). Tepals spreading, rose or pink, with a deep maroon or purplish crimson blotch at base, and a few or more crimson spots mostly in proximal part, margin entire; outer tepals elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, 2.2--4.5 × 1.2--1.5 cm; inner ones broadly elliptic or broadly ovate, 2.2--4.4 × 1.3--2.2 cm; nectary processes 2, of fleshy, cushionlike projections of tissue, rarely 1 or absent. Filaments 5--10 mm, nearly subulate, tapering from flat base to filiform apex, fleshy. Ovary 5--9 mm. Style 6.5--12 mm. Capsule green-brown, oblong-ovoid, 1--2.5 × 1.2--2 cm. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 24*.

Broad-leaved forests, bamboo scrub, alpine grasslands; 3000--3900 m. SW Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan [N Myanmar].