Bulb 4-5 cm long and 2.5-3.5 cm diam. Leaves dark green, 15-17 cm x 1.0-1.7 cm, after flowering 20-30 cm x 3.0-3.5 cm. Scape 10-20 cm, flowers 3 cm long, 2 cm wide, drooping. V - early spring to beginning of summer. Fl - mid spring (May in St. Petersburg). Fr - one month later. P - by daughter bulbs and by seed. Requires dry soil and a sunny position. Good for spring decoration. Z 4. New.

Caucasus (the Greater Caucasus). In alpine and subalpine zones.