stemless; bulb ovate, smallish, with black, separable scales; petiole terete, pubescent; leaflets roundish-cuneate, shortly emarginate, at each side somewhat villous, the old ones somewhat glabrous above, hollow-dotted underneath, the medial petiolulate, lateral oblique at base, sessile; scape pubescent, equalling the leaves, bibracteolate; sepals oblong, sub-obtuse, 6 times shorter than the corolla; claws of the petals equalling the limb; interior stamens toothed. Bulb 4–6 lines long. Petioles in the smaller specimens an inch, in the larger 2 inches long, slender, at length glabrescent. Leaflets in the wild plant 2–4 lines long and wide, in cultivated mostly larger. Peduncles articulated above, with small bracts. Corolla entirely yellow, often drying green, 8–10 lines long, in β. uncial.