Published in in Progr. Sadov. i Ogorod. iii. 332 (1906); cf. Vved. in Acta Univ. As. Med. Ser. VIII b, Bot. Fasc. 3, 6 (1928), in syn.
The native range of this species is E. Transcaucasus, NE. Iran to Central Asia and Afghanistan. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.