The subspecies name hrachyphyllum is formed from the Greek brakhus, short, and phullon leaf.

Its tepals are elliptico-lanceolate, lengthily tapered at base, more briefly at the apex, 2–3 cm long, 3–6 mm wide.

Its stamens have brown anthers and filaments thickened at the base.

[citation needed] The plant grows in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey.

It grows abundantly near the melting snow of the middle and upper mountains of the Beqaa Valley.