Geophyte rhizomatous, e.g. a plant that lives for several years and bears its perennating buds below the soil storing nutrients there and can burst from the rhizome (underground stem capable of producing shoots and roots). The reproduction by this way (vegetative) has more success than by germination. During the unfavorable season, the shoot dries, leaving only the underground part of the plant. On the favorable season it produces shoots and leaves from the rhizome. The fruit has a miter form capsule (e.g. shaped like a miter) which distinguishes it from other species of the same genus. It blooms from April to May and have fruits from May to June

Northern slope of Gardunha mountain (530 to 810 meters) in the understory of English oak (Quercus robur) and Pyrenean oak (Q. pyrenaica) woods or even ‘castinçais’ (chestnut woods cultivated for obtaining stakes) well kept, more or less open, often reaching the edge of these woods. Sometimes on slopes or "ridges" of cherry trees orchards where herbicides are not applied or along roadsides.