Tulipa gesneriana
About
Tulipa gesneriana, the Didier's tulip or garden tulip, is a species of plant in the lily family, cultivated as an ornamental in many countries because of its large, showy flowers. This tall, late-blooming species has a single blooming flower and linear or broadly lanceolate leaves. This is a complex hybridized neo-species, and can also be called Tulipa × gesneriana. Most of the cultivars of tulip are derived from Tulipa gesneriana. It has become naturalised in parts of central and southern Europe and scattered locations in North America.
- Family
- Liliaceae
How to use it
This species is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in many countries due to its large, showy flowers. It has also served as the primary genetic foundation for breeding, with most modern tulip cultivars being derived from this single species.
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Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Tulipa gesneriana
- Slug
- tulipa-gesneriana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Liliaceae
- Genus
- Tulipa
- Species
- gesneriana
- Wikidata QID
- Q163060
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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