Bulb of 2 or 3 scales, 1.2--2 cm in diam. Stem 20--60(--100) cm. Leaves opposite, whorled, and alternate; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 5--12 × 1.5--3 cm, apex slightly cirrose. Inflorescence 1(--4)-flowered; bracts (1--)3, apex often slightly or strongly cirrose. Flower nodding, tubular-campanulate; pedicel 1--3.5 cm or more. Tepals greenish yellow to pale purple, tessellated or spotted with yellowish brown or dark purple, sometimes very heavily so, oblong-obovate to oblong, 3.5--5 × 1--2 cm, apex obtuse; nectaries projecting abaxially. Stamens ca. 2 mm; filaments glabrous or slightly papillose. Style 3-lobed; lobes 3--8 mm. Capsule broadly winged; wings 6--8 mm wide. Fl. Apr--Jun, fr. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 24*.