Abstract
Leopoldia tijtijensis Jafari (Asparagaceae) from western of Iran (Kurdistan province) is newly described. It is similar to L. tenuiflora but differs in having dense cylindrical-conical raceme not lax cylindrical, purple-violet fertile flowers not green-brown, purple sterile flowers not pale violet, oblong urceolate fertile flower not tubular urceolate, triangular capsule not ovoid-cordate.