Garden Tulip - Tulipa gesneriana
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Garden Tulip - Tulipa gesneriana | dylan | Horfield Parish Churchyard | 29 Mar 2024, 9:18 p.m. | 29 Mar 2024, 5:50 p.m. | |
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Garden Tulip - Tulipa gesneriana | dylan | Horfield Parish Churchyard | 29 Mar 2024, 9:18 p.m. | 29 Mar 2024, 5:50 p.m. |
Species Description
Commonly planted throughout the UK and may persist.
Stace 4:
Tulipa gesneriana L. - Garden Tulip.
Stems to 60cm; leaves elliptic to narrowly so, ≤35 x 8cm; flower 1; tepals variously yellow to red, pink, purple or white, often with basal black to white blotch inside, 4-8cm; (2n=24, 36, 48). Neophyte-survivor; the common garden tulip, some cultivars are persistent on tips, waysides and rough ground where discarded; scattered in most of British Isles; garden (?hybrid) origin.
Key:
- Filaments completely glabrous; flower-buds erect, rounded at base