HABIT	A SMALL, DELICATE, STEMLESS PERENNIAL HERB, 5-15CM HIGH
STEMS	BULBS OR BULBOUS UNDERGROUND STEMS COVERED WITH BROWN, 3-RIBBED SCALES.
LEAVES	LEAFLETS 3, SLIGHTLY HAIRY, BROADLY OVATE, EACH ABOUT 1 INCH ACROSS, WITH A NOTCH AT THE TIP OF THE MIDRIB, ON LONG LEAFSTALKS.
FLOWERS	RED OR PURPLISH, IN ONE OR SEVERAL UMBELS ON BRANCHES OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS WHICH RISE ABOVE THE LEAVES.
FRUITS	CAPSULE, USUALLY FALIS WITHOUT MATURING SEEDS.