Lilium apertum Franchet var. thibeticum Franchet; L. saluenense (I. B. Balfour) S. Yun Liang.

Bulb white, ovoid, 2--4 × 2--2.5 cm. Stem 30--90 cm. Leaves alternate, usually lanceolate, 3.5--7 × 1--1.5 cm. Flowers 1--7. Tepals spreading, white to pink, with a dark purple blotch at base and well spotted or blotched crimson proximally, margin entire; outer tepals elliptic to narrowly so, 3.5--5.2 × 1.6--2 cm; inner ones elliptic to broadly ovate, 3--4.5 × 1.7--2.5 cm; nectary processes 2, of fleshy, cushionlike projections of tissue. Filaments nearly subulate, 8--11 mm, tapering from slightly widened base to filiform apex; anthers 7.5--8 mm. Ovary 6--7 × 2.5--3 mm. Style 2.5--4 mm, usually shorter than ovary. Capsule oblong, 1.7--1.8 × ca. 1.8 cm. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 24*.

Forest margins, shrubby and grassy slopes; 2800--4500 m. Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan [N Myanmar].