Tulipa urumiensis

Tulipa urumiensis, 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 tarda. It has a leathery tunic that is glabrous on the inside.[2] 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.[3]

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

Tulipa tarda Stapf

Tulipa urumiensis is native to central Asia, growing in rocky subalpine meadows in the Tian Shan.[4] It was confused with Tulipa dasystemon for a long time, and only scientifically described in 1932 by Otto Stapf and again as T. tarda in 1933.[5]

The plant blooms in late April and early May in the Northern Hemisphere.[3] The plant was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.[6][7]

References
  1. Bot. Mag. 155: t. 9288 (1932)
  2. Richard Wilford 2008, Tulips. Portland, Timber Press, 158
  3. Richard Wilford 2008, Tulips. Portland, Timber Press, 157
  4. "Tulipa tarda". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  5. Otto Stapf, Curtis' botanical magazine 9321, 1933
  6. "Tulipa urumiensis (15)". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  7. "AGM Plants - Ornamental". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 107. Retrieved 18 February 2019.


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