Slim Stem Lily

Bulb flattened globose, 1.5--3 cm in diam.; scales white to pale yellow, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5--2 cm × 6--12 mm. Stem (20--)50--90(--100) cm. Leaves scattered, sessile, linear, (3--)5--10(--13) cm × (1--)2--5(--8) mm, 3-veined, margin papillose, apex acute to acuminate. Bracts linear, thickened apically. Flower solitary, rarely up to 9 in a raceme, nodding. Tepals red or light red, nearly unspotted, oblanceolate-spatulate, 3--4.5 cm × 4--8 mm, sometimes with curly hairs proximally on adaxial surface, middle part and apex revolute; nectaries sparsely papillose. Filaments 2--2.5 cm; anthers ca. 7 mm. Ovary cylindric, 1--2 cm × 1--3 mm. Style shorter than or equaling ovary. Capsule narrowly oblong, 2.5(--4) cm × 6--7(--20) mm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 24*.

Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea, Russia (Primorskiy Kray)].

Grassy slopes, limestone areas; 100--900 m.

Lilium callosum var. stenophyllum Baker; L. mandshuricum Gandoger; L. talanense Hayata; L. taquetii H. Léveillé & Vaniot; L. tenuifolium Fischer var. stenophyllum (Baker) Elwes.