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Tulips are spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes in the Tulipa genus. Tulip flowers are usually large, showy, and brightly coloured, generally red, orange, pink, yellow, or white. They often have a different coloured blotch at the base of the tepals, internally. Because of a degree of variability within the populations and ...
Liriodendron tulipifera is generally considered to be a shade-intolerant species that is most commonly associated with the first century of forest succession. In Appalachian forests, it is a dominant species during the 50–150 years of succession, but is absent or rare in stands of trees 500 years or older.
Tulipa turkestanica is a herbaceous, bulbous perennial growing 10 cm to 15 cm tall, with 2–4 thin glaucous leaves up to 15 cm long on each stem. The margins and tips have a pinkish colour. The leathery bulb is bright reddish-brown and has a hairy tunic. Each plant produces between one and twelve [9] star-shaped flowers, grouped in a raceme.
Tulipa sylvestris. Tulipa subg. Eriostemones. Tulipa sylvestris, the wild tulip [3] or woodland tulip, [4] is a Eurasian and North African species of wild tulip, a plant in the lily family. Its native range extends from Portugal and Morocco to western China, covering most of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, and Central Asia.
Tulipa cretica, the Cretan tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, endemic to Crete. [3] [2] A bulbous geophyte reaching 25 cm (10 in) with white flowers that fade to pink, it is typically found growing in rocky habitats such as noncoastal cliffs and mountain peaks. [3] There are a number of cultivars, including 'Dikti ...
Tulipa afghanica Markgr. Tulipa linifolia, the flax-leaved tulip or Bokhara tulip, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the tulip genus Tulipa (Clusiana group), family Liliaceae, native to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan. [4] Growing to 20 cm (8 in) tall, it is a bulbous perennial with wavy red-margined sword-shaped ...
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Anthocyanins have been found in various tulip flowers, such as Tulipa gesneriana, Tulipa fosteriana and Tulipa eichleri. Taxonomy. The Latin specific epithet fosteriana refers to Michael Foster (a known British Iris expert). Tulipa fosteriana was first published and described by Walter Irving, a British botanist (1867-1934), in Gard. Chron.