Leaves : Leaves 5–6, sometimes more, borne above mid-stem, alternate; lower leaves broadly oblong, upper leaves narrowly linear-lanceolate; all leaves subacute to acute.
الأزهار
Inflorescence & flowers : Flowers 1 or 2, rarely up to 6, campanulate and more or less nodding; perianth externally red-striped, internally greenish-yellow with red maculation; tepals oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, obtuse, with a small nectary pit; filaments slightly hirsute, dilated at the base, about twice as long as the anther; style exceeding the stamens, trifid in the upper third.
Phenology : Flowers from April to June, depending on altitude.
الانتشار الموثق
Lebanese distribution : Recorded by Mouterde from ‘Aïn Dara, the Cedars of Ma‘asser, the Col de Zahlé, Jabal Kneissé, Jabal Zahrour, Dahr-el-Baidar, Ehden, the Cedars, Qornet es-Saouda, the Anti-Lebanon above Baalbeck, and Hermon.
Native range : Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye.
لمحة نباتية
بنية النبات
Life-form & habit : Perennial bulbous geophyte; bulb somewhat thick and bulbilliferous; stem short, rather thick, 10–25 cm tall.