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- Life-form & habit : Medium to large bulbous perennial, 2–5 cm in diameter. Leaves : 2–4 (rarely up to 6), lanceolate, shorter or longer than the flowering stem; margins scabrous or glabrous; outer leaf sometimes up to 3 cm wide. Inflorescence & flowers : Cylindrical raceme, 3–12 cm long and 2–5 cm wide, with 20–40 flowers; axis often reddish-violet. Pedicels with very short, often colored, triangular bracts as long as or shorter than the flower, initially erect, later inclined and horizontal. Perianth : Narrow, tubular-campanulate, sometimes slightly zygomorphic, 9–16 mm; vivid violet in bud, becoming pale violet at the apex during anthesis, then livid; free segments olive-colored. Anthers : Violet. Fruit : Globose capsule with three prominent ribs. Phenology : Flowers from February to April. Habitat & elevation : Abandoned ground and cultivated fields; the variety nusairiensis occurs in rocky woodland. Lebanese distribution : Ct. Saïda, Khaldé, Beirut, Nahr el-Kelb, Tripoli; Mi. ‘Abey, ‘Asfouriyé, ‘Antoura; S. Mi. Chmaïssé. Syrian distribution : NLatt. north of Lattaquié; Mm. Slenfé, Col de Jaoubat Bourghal; Sy. Ghab marshes, Ouroum-es-Soughra, Homs-Hama; Sud. Hammé. Regional range : Southern France, Italy, Greece, Istanbul, Rhodes, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine
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