Plants 20-30 cm; bulb 1-1.5 mm diam. Leaves 3-6; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 20-50 cm × 7-15(-25) mm. Racemes 6-12-flowered, 1-sided, apex drooping. Flowers erect in bud, all becoming pendent, fragrant; perianth cylindrical-campanulate; tepals erect proximally, reflexed distally, violet-blue or rarely white or pink, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2 cm; stamens unequal, outer inserted near middle of perianth, inner near base; anthers cream; pedicel 4-10 mm, ± equaling perianth. 2n = 16, 24. Flowering late spring. Escaped from gardens; 0--1500 m; introduced; B.C.; Ind., Ky., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Va., Wash.; w Europe.