Description
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Bulb ovoid, 1.5--2 cm in diam.; tunic black, leathery, appressed hairy inside distally. Stem usually glabrous. Leaves 3, spaced, linear-lanceolate, varying in size, usually overtopping flower, 0.5--1.5 cm wide, glabrous, margin crisped. Bracts absent. Flowers solitary or paired, nodding in bud. Tepals yellow, rarely orange-red, ± tinged with violet, oblong to rhomboidal-oblong, 3--6 × 0.5--2 cm. Stamens equal, 1--2 cm; filaments glabrous, gradually attenuate from base. Style very short. Fl. May. 2 n = 24.
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Habitat & Distribution
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Semideserts. NW Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan].
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