Rhizome short. Scape stout 15-20 cm when flowering and 30 cm when fruiting. Leaves in rosette obovate-spatulate, 3-4 cm long. Umbel many-flowered. Violet-pink flowers 2-2.5 cm across. V - early spring , leaves usually overwinter. F - mid spring. Fr - in early summer. Z 5.

Central Asia (Tien Shan, Pamiro Alay, excluding Zeravshanskiy, Gissarskiy, Turkestanskiy Ranges). In alpine and subalpine meadows, on rocky places, along stream.