It is native to the western part of Sichuan Province in southwestern China,[8][1] and cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental.

[9][10] Lilium regale is a long-lived, stem-rooting herbaceous perennial growing from an underground bulb.

The flowers are 14 cm long, funnel or trumpet shaped, white with yellow throat, flushed purple outside.

[13] Deer also frequently eat lily plants and fences as high as 8 feet may be needed to deter them.

[14] Lilium regale, like many in the genus, is toxic to cats, with ingestion causing potentially fatal renal failure.