Lilium pumilum is an Asian species of bulbous plants native to Mongolia, Siberia, the Russian Far East (Amur Krai, Primorye, Khabarovsk), Korea and northern China.

[1][2][3][4] It is a stem-rooting bulb that grows up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, though usually rather less.

It bears from one to twenty reflexed and nodding flowers, usually red in colour, and which may be spotted with black.

[6] Named pumilum (`poo`mill`um) for its small size, compared to other lilies It may be short lived in cultivation, but tends to last longest in well-drained soils.

[7][8] In Taiwan, both the flower and bulbs are used as food, as are the other related species: L. brownii var.