Rhizome short, with tuft of brownish roots. Scape 15-20 cm. Leaves in rosette, oblong-ovate, 5-8 cm x 1-2 cm, with long petiole. Flowers violet, numerous, in umbel-like inflorescence. V - evergreen, new leaves mid spring to mid summer. Fl - March- May for one month (in the wild). Fr - June- July. P - by seed and division. Tolerates partial shade. For the rock garden and spring decoration. Z 5. New.

Central Asia (Pamiro Alay). In river valleys, on slopes.