Bulbiferous plant 50-70 cm. Bulb ovate-elongate, 3 cm diam. Flowering shoot leafy. Leaves narrow linear, to 10 cm. Flowers 2-15, 5 cm diam., lilac, slightly spotted, tiariform. White-flowered forms also exist. V - May to September. Fl - July. Fr - August-September. Plant in sunny places on well-drained soil. P - by seed and division. Flowers 1-2 years after sowing. Introduced into cultivation by St. Petersburg Botanical Garden in 1910. Z 5 (4).

Far East (southern Primorskiy Region), northeastern China and Korea. On stony and grassy slopes, rarely among shrubs.