Bulbs mostly 0.5-2.5 cm wide. Leaves 2, narrowly oblanceolate, about 10 cm long and 3 cm wide, appearing with the flowers, waxy blue, the tip blunt and hooded. Flowers to 5 cm wide, the inner ones with green markings at the base and tip; early spring.
Southern Mediterranean, Western Asia
Source: (2005). Amaryllidaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.