Tulipa clusiana Redouté

Lady tulip (en), Tulipe de Perse (fr), Tulipe de l'Écluse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Tulipa

Characteristics

A tulip bulb plant. It grows about 25 cm tall. Bulbs have a rough tunic with hairs around the base. The flowers are star-like. There are yellow marks near the base.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system -
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 1,500-3,000 m above sea level. It suits cold arid places.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

The bulbs are eaten in times of scarcity.
Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 60 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
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Images

Leaf

Tulipa clusiana leaf picture by Florent Portalez (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Tulipa clusiana flower picture by eric Duparc (cc-by-sa)
Tulipa clusiana flower picture by Victor Ramos (cc-by-sa)
Tulipa clusiana flower picture by jean-luc francois (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Tulipa clusiana world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Spain, France, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Pakistan, Portugal, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tunisia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542880-1
WFO ID wfo-0000744781
COL ID 59KXL
BDTFX ID 69973
INPN ID 127925
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Liriactis albiflora Tulipa hafisii Tulipa hispanica Tulipa porphyreochrysantha Tulipa rubroalba Tulipa fernandezii Tulipa grey-wilsonii Tulipa undulata Tulipa stellata Tulipa chrysantha Tulipa oreophila Tulipa chitralensis Tulipa praecox Tulipa aitchisonii Tulipa clusiana f. clusianoides Tulipa clusiana f. fernandezii Tulipa clusiana f. porphyreochrysantha Tulipa clusiana f. diniae Tulipa montana var. chrysantha Tulipa aitchisonii var. clusianoides Tulipa aitchisonii subsp. cashmeriana Tulipa clusiana var. stellata Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha Tulipa clusiana var. rubroalba Tulipa stellata var. chrysantha Tulipa leichtlinii Tulipa clusiana f. stellata Tulipa clusiana f. cashmeriana Tulipa clusiana