Rhizome vertical, 10-15 cm long. Basal leaves long-petiolate (10-20 cm), pentagonal, deeply divided, lobes irregulary incised. Stems 1-2, 10-15 cm, sparsly leafy. Flowers in pairs, petals 20 mm x 13-15 mm, bright violet. V - mid-spring to mid-autumn. Fl - July in the wild, in St. Petersburg June. Fr - August. P -easily by seed or division. Requires a moist soil and semishade. Z 4. New.

Caucasus (the Greater Caucasus Range and the western part of the Lesser Caucasus). Alpine and subalpine meadows.