Published in Hand.-Mazz. (n.d.). In: Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 61: 163 (1924 Publ. 1925).
The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to China (W. Yunnan). It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.