• Source: Tulipa humilis

Tulipa humilis is a species of flowering plant in the lily family, found in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey, Iran, and the North Caucasus region of Russia. The flowers are pink with yellow centers. Its preferred habitat are rocky mountain slopes. It is known by several other names in horticulture.




Synonyms


Tulipa humilis is a very variable species in both size and the appearance of the flowers. Several different names used in horticulture refer to this species. According to Christenhusz et al., the following should be included in T. humilis:

Tulipa aucheriana Baker – wild plants are T. humilis var. aucheriana, cultivated plants can be treated as a cultivar group, T. humilis Aucheriana Group
Tulipa kurdica Wendelbo – T. humilis var. kurdica
Tulipa pulchella (Regel) Baker – wild plants are T. humilis var. pulchella, cultivated plants T. humilis Pulchella Group
Tulipa violacea Boiss. & Buhse – wild plants are T. humilis var. violacea, cultivated plants T. humilis Violacea Group




Cultivation


Under the synonym Tulipa aucheriana this plant has been given the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.




References



Media related to Tulipa humilis at Wikimedia Commons

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Tulip
• Flora Lebanon
• Daftar spesies Tipulidae
• Tulipa humilis
• Tulipa pulchella
• Taxonomy of Tulipa
• Tulipa suaveolens
• Liliaceae
• Liliales
• Taxonomy of Liliaceae
• Flora of Lebanon
• Jardin botanique de Nice
• Moore Farms Botanical Garden