Bulb solitary, ovoid-globose to subglobose, 0.7--1.5(--2) cm in diam.; tunic grayish white to pinkish white, membranous, transparent, with parallel veins, entire. Leaves 3--5, shorter than scape, 0.5--1.5(--2.5) mm wide, semiterete, adaxially channeled. Scape 15--30 cm, terete, covered with leaf sheaths for 1/4--1/2 its length. Spathe 2-valved, persistent. Umbel hemispheric to globose, laxly or densely many flowered. Pedicels subequal, 2--4 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate or a few bracteolate. Perianth pale red to pale purple; segments lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, equal, 2--4 × 0.8--1.8 mm; inner ones usually narrower than outer. Filaments 1--1.5 × as long as perianth segments, connate at base and adnate to perianth segments; outer ones subulate; inner ones broadened at base, sometimes 1-toothed on each side. Ovary subglobose, minutely tuberculate, with concave nectaries at base. Style slightly exserted; stigma globose. Fl. and fr. Apr--Jul. 2 n = 16.
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