Japan Flora: Bulbs tunicate, 1.5-2 cm. in diameter; leaves strap-shaped, 10-12 mm. wide, pale green, soft, appearing in spring, some-what glaucescent; scapes 30-50 cm. long, the involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, membranous, 2-4 cm. long; flowers several, orange-red, without odor, 5-6 cm. long, the pedicels 2-5 cm. long; perianth-tube 12-15 mm. long, greenish, the segments narrowly oblanceolate, subobtnse, ascending, scarcely or slightly recurved at apex; stamens slightly shorter than the perianth, the anthers pale yellow, about 2.5 mm. long; style as long as the perianth; fruit globose. Aug. Wooded hills and low mountains;

Hokkaido (naturalized), Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. China.