Description
A new species, described in 1998, by Chris Brickell, from collections made, in Turkey, by Peter Davis in 1955. The species is endemic to a small area of the Amanus Mountains in S. Turkey.
Compact clusters of quite large, yet short-stemmed, autumnal flowers are borne in September. These have broad overlapping petals with a ground colour of white, lightly chequered in pale pink-violet, this increases in intensity towards the petal tips, and with maturity of the flower.
Yellow anthers on pale greenish filaments complete the picture.
Introduced 2009.
