Plant 20-40 cm, stem glabrous, brown-green. Leaves 3-4, long, grey green. Flowers brown-greenish externally, yellowish along margin, yellow inside, with green blotch. Filaments yellow, tomentose at the base. Anthers yellow, 1/3-1/2 as long as stamens. V - early spring to late spring. Fl - April. Fr - May (in St. Petersburg). Freely produces daughter bulbs. Does well in dry locations. Z 4 (3). New.

European part of Russia (central regions), Crimea, the Caucasus, Aralo-Caspian region, western Siberia, Balkan Peninsula and Anatolia. In steppes, semideserts, foothills, plains and other dry habitats.