Bulbs ovoid-globose; leaves strap-shaped, rather fleshy, glaucous, rounded to very obtuse, 20-40 cm. long, 8-15 mm. wide; scapes 20-40 cm. long, the bract scarious, 3-5 cm. long; flowers few to several, white, the pedicels rather unequal; perianthtube pale green, about 2 cm. long, narrow, the segments locule; capsules loculicidal; seeds black. About 40 species, spreading, about 1.5 cm. long, ovate-orbicular to broadly elliptic, with a minute mucro at the apex, the corona yellow, cup-shaped, about 1 cm. across at the margin. Jan.-Apr.

Naturalized (?) along seashores; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Kyushu. China.