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Tulipa urumiensis

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Tulipa urumiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Tulipa
Species:
T. tarda
Binomial name
Tulipa tarda
Synonyms

Tulipa urumiensis Stapf

Tulipa tarda, the late tulip or tarda tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae. It is a perennial growing from a bulb. By some sources the accepted name is Tulipa urumiensis. It has a leathery tunic that is glabrous on the inside.[1] It has up to seven linear green leaves that can be up to 20 cm long. The stem is between 4 and 20 cm long. The yellow flowers have white tips, anthers and stamen are yellow.[2]

Tulipa tarda is native to central Asia, growing in rocky subalpine meadows in the Tian Shan.[3] It was confused with Tulipa dasystemon for a long time, and only scientifically described in 1933 by Otto Stapf.[4]

The plant blooms in late April and early May in the Northern Hemisphere.[2] The plant was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Richard Wilford 2008, Tulips. Portland, Timber Press, 158
  2. ^ a b Richard Wilford 2008, Tulips. Portland, Timber Press, 157
  3. ^ "Tulipa tarda". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. ^ Otto Stapf, Curtis' botanical magazine 9321, 1933
  5. ^ "Tulipa tarda". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  6. ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 107. Retrieved 18 February 2019.