[2] It is a cormous perennial growing to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall.

The small, rounded, lilac flowers with paler throats appear in autumn.

[3] It was named in honour of the Greek amateur botanist Constantine Goulimis (1886-1963).

This plant[1] and the cultivar C. goulimyi subsp.

goulimyi 'Mani White'[4] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.