It is native to a small area in the mountains of Lebanon northeast of Beirut at 750–1,400 m (2,460–4,590 ft) elevation, in and around Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.

[1] From winter to spring, it bears peppery-smelling flowers with 5 oval petals opening white, then turning pale pink, usually with an irregular crimson-magenta mark at the base.

Leaves are heart-shaped, gray-green with a darker arrowhead pattern.

The tuber only produces roots from one side of the bottom.

This fertile hybrid has pink flowers from November till March.