Gesner's tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
Synonyms: Tulipa sommieri, Tulipa didieri var. billietiana, Tulipa scabriscapa, Tulipa scabriscapa var. rebouliana, Tulipa strangulata var. princeps, Tulipa gesneriana var. dracontia, Tulipa didieri lutea, Tulipa stenopetala, Tulipa didieri var. planifolia, Tulipa rubidusa, Tulipa perrieri, Tulipa norvegica, Tulipa gesneriana var. albo-oculta, Tulipa hortensis, Tulipa planifolia, Tulipa cornuta, Tulipa serotina var. etrusca, Tulipa passeriniana, Tulipa strangulata var. obtusata, Tulipa didieri, Tulipa montisandrei, Tulipa strangulata var. bonarotiana, Tulipa didieri var. flavicans, Tulipa strangulata var. neglecta, Tulipa gesneriana var. rosea, Tulipa fransoniana, Tulipa montana, Tulipa didieri subsp. platystigma, Tulipa bonarotiana, Tulipa didieri subsp. billietiana, Tulipa saracenica, Tulipa media, Tulipa connivens subsp. obtusata, Tulipa scabriscapa subvar. variopicta, Tulipa mauritiana, Tulipa variopicta, Tulipa repens, Tulipa neglecta subsp. atroguttata, Tulipa connivens subsp. luteoguttata, Tulipa gesneriana var. spathulata, Tulipa scabriscapa var. bonarotiana, Tulipa connivens, Tulipa stricta, Tulipa macrospeila, Tulipa didieri var. mauriana, Tulipa scabriscapa var. mixta, Tulipa gesneriana var. albomarginata, Tulipa suaveolens var. passeriniana, Tulipa lurida, Tulipa pubescens, Tulipa strangulata subsp. obtusa, Tulipa neglecta var. atroguttata, Tulipa spathulata, Tulipa praecox var. mauriana, Tulipa platystigma, Tulipa scabriscapa var. neglecta, Tulipa baldaccii, Tulipa connivens var. obtusata, Tulipa mauriannensis, Tulipa laciniata, Tulipa strangulata subsp. bonarotiana, Tulipa praecox var. planifolia, Tulipa marjolletii, Tulipa retroflexa, Tulipa elegans, Tulipa planifolia var. saracenica, Tulipa segusiana, Tulipa neglecta, Tulipa strangulata subsp. variopicta, Tulipa gesneriana var. rosea-striata, Tulipa campsopetala, Tulipa sedunii, Tulipa connivens var. luteoguttata, Tulipa didieri subsp. flavicans, Tulipa turcica var. media, Tulipa scabriscapa var. strangulata, Tulipa viridiflora, Tulipa scabriscapa var. sommieri, Tulipa fransoniana subsp. mauriana, Tulipa strangulata var. variopicta, Tulipa mauriana, Tulipa scabriscapa var. hawardeniana, Tulipa grengiolensis, Tulipa praecox var. platystigma, Tulipa serotina, Tulipa scabriscapa var. primulina, Tulipa etrusca, Tulipa coronaria, Tulipa praecox subsp. didieri, Tulipa bicolor, Tulipa vitellina, Tulipa billietiana, Tulipa praecox var. billietiana, Tulipa fulgens, Tulipa unguiculata
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Botanical Description
Tulipa gesneriana, commonly known as the garden tulip or Didier's tulip, is a bulbous herbaceous perennial of the family Liliaceae and the principal species from which the majority of cultivated tulips are derived. It is of hybrid origin and is not known with certainty in the truly wild state; it has long been cultivated and locally naturalized across much of Europe and western Asia. The plant arises from a tunicate ovoid bulb 3–5 cm in diameter and produces a smooth, erect flowering stem 20–60 cm tall, bearing two to four broadly lanceolate, glaucous-green leaves with somewhat undulate margins. The solitary terminal flower is cup- to goblet-shaped, 4–7 cm long, with six free perianth segments coloured in an enormous range of cultivar variations from white through yellow, orange, red, pink, purple and almost black, frequently variegated or feathered. Six prominent stamens with yellow or dark anthers surround a sessile three-lobed ovary. Flowering occurs from March to May; fruits are erect, three-celled capsules.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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