Synonyms - Most commercial species are various crosses between Tulipa fosteriana, Tulipa gesneriana, Tulipa greigi, Tulipa kaufmanniana or Tulipa suaveolens
Order: LilialesFamily: Liliaceae
Tulipa is from the Persian word for turban and either refers to the shape of the flower being like a turban or due to the practice of wearing tulips on turbans.
Tulip is from the genus name.
Leaves:Clustered at the base of the plant.
Blade - Thick, blue green
Flower head:Single flowers at the ends of the stem.
Flowers:Bell shaped of various colours.
Petals - 6
Stamens - 6
Anthers - 6
Fruit:Many seeded capsule.
Key Characters:Thick blue green leaves arising from the base.
Single bell shaped of various colours at the ends of stems.
Annual tops and flowers with perennial bulb.
Mainly by bulb.
Flowering times:Seed Biology and Germination:
Hybrids:Older varieties often derived from a cross between Tulipa gesneriana and Tulipa suaveolens. Newer varieties often have Tulipa fosteriana, Tulipa greigi or Tulipa kaufmanniana in their parentage.
Allelopathy:Population Dynamics and Dispersal:
Spread mainly by intentional planting of bulbs.
Origin and History:Europe.
Introduced as a cut flower crop.
Distribution:ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.
No herbarium records.
Not recorded as toxic.
Management and Control:Thresholds:
Plants of similar appearance:
Anon. (1973). Encyclopaedia Britannica 10:174.
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