Herbs (2-4)-8-25 cm, bulbs 1.5-10 x 0.5-1.2 cm. Radical leaves few, (4)-10-20 x 0.1-0.2 cm, linear, tip blunt. Cauline leaves 3-4, 3-30 x 0.5-3 mm. Flower solitary or inflorescence 2 (-4) flowered raceme. Tepals white with pinkish-red or purple veins, 1-2 x 0.4-0.8 cm, obtuse, nectary near the base. Filaments 4-5.5 mm, glabrous. Ovary, 2.5-4.5 mm, style 2.5-4 mm, stigma capitate. Capsule 7-8 x 6-8 mm, subglobose, 6-lobed. Seeds triquetrous, 2 x 1 mm.

Fl.Per.: May-August.

Type: “Habitat in Alpibus Helvetiae, Angliae”.

Distribution: Pakistan (Chitral, Swat, Gilgit, Hazara), Kashmir, India (along the Himalayas to Arnnachal Pradesh), Nepal, Bhutan, China, Kazakstan, Mongolia, Russia, Korea, Japan, N. America, Europe.

2n = 24, 36, 48 (Kumar, V. & Subramaniam, B. 1989. Chromosome Atlas of Flowering Plants of Indian Subcontinent. 2:528. Bot. Surv. India).