Tulipa pulchella

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tulipa pulchella

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Liliales
Family:  | Liliaceae
Subfamily:  | Lilioideae
Tribe:  | Lilieae
Genus:  | Tulipa
Species:  |

T. pulchella

Binomial name
Tulipa pulchella

Fenzl et Regel

'Persian Pearl'

Tulipa pulchella (syn. Tulipa humilis Herb.) is a dwarf species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Iran and Turkey.[1] It grows from a bulb 1–2 cm diameter, which produces a flowering stem up to 20 cm tall. The leaves are glaucous-green, 10–15 cm long. The flowers are reddish-purple, with six tepals 3 cm long and 1.5 cm broad.

## Cultivation

In the early 19th century it was introduced to Europe, where a small number of cultivars are grown as ornamental plants in gardens. These include 'Persian Pearl' (purple inside, red outside), 'Eastern Star' (magenta with yellow base), and 'Obalisque' (red inside, purple out). Varieties include var. violacea (purple with black base).

## References

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1. ↑ Ki̇ran, Yasar; Dogan, Gulden; Demi̇rkan, Zeynep (2016-12-15). "Karyotype Analysis of Tulipa pulchella (Liliaceae) (Fenzl ex Regel) Baker" (in en). Natural Science and Discovery 2 (4): 62–67. doi:10.20863/nsd.63926. ISSN 2149-6307. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/nsd/issue/26375/277890.

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