Plant 10-15 cm. Leaves narrowly lanceolate 5-10 cm x 1-2 cm, tapering to a short petiole, non-pubescent or white-farinose. Scapes 10-15 (25) cm. Flowers large, pink, in globose umbels. Leaves persist throughout the year. Fl - June. Fr - July. P - by seed or rhizome division. Requires a sunny site or a semi shaded position, moist soil, but not stagnant water. Well suited to the rock garden. Z 5 (4). New.

Central Asia (Pamiro Alay), Afghanistan and northern India. In alpine meadows, in moist places.