This species was for the first time found in 2018 but officially published only in 2022 when more detailed researches were done in region W of Lake Urmiye in Iran. Its name is derived from the Kurdish (Kurmanji) word ‘çîya’ (‘chiai’) meaning ‘a mountain’, ‘mountainous’ as it is growing at altitudes over 2000 m together with maqny other bulbous plants - at least 9 different species on same spot.