Bulbs branching less often and less regularly than subsp. pardalinum, 1.4–3.6 × 4.6–12.8 cm, 0.2–0.5 times taller than long; scales 1–2-segmented, longest 1–2.6 cm. Stems to 1.7 m, weakly clonal and not forming large colonies. Leaves often concentrated proximally, scattered, especially in small plants, or in 1–6 whorls or partial whorls, 3–15 leaves per whorl, often ascending, sometimes horizontal and drooping at the tips, 4.9–26.5 × 0.3–2.4 cm, 7.3–34 times longer than wide; blade linear to narrowly elliptic, sometimes lance-linear, especially in distal leaves, or weakly oblanceolate, especially in proximal leaves, margins not undulate. Racemes 1–13-flowered. Flowers not fragrant; sepals and petals reflexed 1/4–1/3 along length from base, sometimes uniformly orange, usually yellow-orange or orange proximally, darker red-orange to red or crimson on distal 2/5–3/5; sepals (4.9–)5.3–8.3 × 1–2.2 cm; petals 4.8–8 × 1–2.1 cm; stamens moderately exserted; filaments widely spreading, diverging 12°–22° from axis; anthers magenta or purple, 0.6–1.8 cm; pollen dark orange, sometimes rust-orange; pistil 3.5–5.3 cm; ovary 1.4–2.2 cm; pedicel 9–32 cm. Capsules 2.5–4.8 × 1.2–2 cm, 1.5–3.2 times longer than wide. Seeds 132–207. 2n = 24.
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