Lilium regale E.H.Wilson

Bulb broadly ovoid, ca. 3.5 cm in diam.; scales lanceolate, 4--5 × 1--1.5 cm. Stem to 50 cm, papillose. Leaves scattered, narrowly linear, 6--8 cm × 2--3 mm, papillose on midvein abaxially and at margin, 1-veined. Flowers solitary or several, funnelform, very fragrant. Tepals white, tinged yellow at base; outer ones lanceolate, 9--11 × 1.5--2 cm; inner ones obovate, slightly wider; nectaries neither papillose nor with fimbriate projections. Filaments 6--7.5 cm, scarcely papillose; anthers ellipsoid, 0.9--1.2 cm. Ovary cylindric, ca. 2.2 cm × 3 mm. Style ca. 6 cm. Fl. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 24*.

It is a temperate plant. It grows on rocky slopes and by river banks between 800-2,500 m above sea level in Sichuan.

The bulbs are used fresh or dried. They are also used for extracting starch.

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.