Spike up to 60 cm, leaves much shorter. Flowers 3.0-3.5 cm long, purple-violet. Lower perianth segment light blue, sometimes white with dark violet veins. P - by cormlets that form regularly around the old corm. V -mid spring to late autumn. Fl - July. Fr - September. Z 6 (5). New.

The Greater Caucasus. Subalpine zone, boggy meadows.