Tulipa biflora Pall.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Tulipa

Characteristics

Bulb ovoid, slightly elongate apically, 1--1.5 cm in diam.; tunic brown, woolly-pubescent inside distally. Stem 10--15 cm, usually glabrous. Leaves 2, spaced, linear, not overtopping flower, 5--10 mm wide, margin crisped. Flowers solitary or paired, very rarely more. Tepals milky white, bright yellow at base, oblong to lanceolate, 2--2.5 cm × 6--12 mm; outer ones abaxially tinged with purplish green or yellowish green; inner ones longitudinally streaked with purplish green or yellowish green at center, hairy at base. Inner stamens slightly longer than outer ones; filaments dilated proximally, hairy at base. Style ca. 1 mm. Capsule subglobose, ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Fl. and fr. Apr--Jun. 2 n = 24.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-4
Soil texture 2-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 60 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Tulipa biflora flower picture by Meghdad855 M7 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Tulipa biflora world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Palau, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542845-1
WFO ID wfo-0000745045
COL ID 59KWJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Liriopogon biflorus Tulipa halophila Tulipa prolongata Tulipa polychroma Tulipa androssowii Tulipa crispatula Tulipa biflora Tulipa buhseana Tulipa turcomanica Orithyia biflora Podonix albiflora Tulipa mariannae Tulipa koktebelica Tulipa binutans Tulipa sogdiana Tulipa humilis var. crispatula Tulipa biflora var. major Tulipa sylvestris var. biflora Tulipa biflora var. buhseana Tulipa biflora var. grandiflora Tulipa bucharica