Herbs perennial, acaulous, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulbs solitary or clustered; <mostly 8–15 mm diam.>; outer bulb scales 3[–5]-nerved, <inner scales thick, reddish brown, rugose>. Leaves basal; petiole 1.5–15 cm, <sparsely villous or glabrous>; leaflets 3, green, rounded-obcordate, 4–18 mm, lobed 1/6–1/5 length, <lobes apically convex to nearly truncate, margins prominently ciliate, hairs stiff, sharp-pointed>, abaxial surface strigose to hirsute-strigose, densely hirsute at very base, adaxial surface glabrous, oxalate deposits absent. Inflorescences umbelliform cymes, 1(–2)[–4]-flowered; scapes 3–27 cm, glabrous or sparsely hirsute-villous proximally. Flowers apparently tristylous (mid-styled flowers observed); sepals <yellowish green>, apices with 2 orange, <elongate> tubercles; petals yellow basally, otherwise deep rose to purple or violet, with dark purple veins proximally, 11–20 mm. Capsules fusiform, mature size not observed, indumentum not seen.
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