 It grows beside the Vorotan (river) and (near the town of) Kapan with "Iris paradoxa", "Iris caucasica", "Allium stamineum", "Bellevalia paradoxa", "Bellevalia longystila", "Muscari atropatana", "Muscari sosnovskyi", "Tulipa sosnovskyi", "Punica granatum", "Vinca vitis sylvestris" and "Ficus carica" (wild).In Turkmenistan, it is a rare species.It only occurs in a single location in Dagestan, within Turkmenistan since 1996, it is protected in Syunt-Khasardag Nature Reserve, and also protected in Shikahogh State Reserve.