Multi-colored tulip
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Multi-colored tulip ( Tulipa polychroma ) |
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The multicolored tulip ( Tulipa polychroma ) is a species of tulip ( Tulipa ) in the lily family (Liliaceae). It may be just a subspecies of Tulipa biflora .
features
The multi-colored tulip is a perennial bulb that reaches heights of 6 to 17 centimeters. The species may form runners. There are 2 (to 4) sheets. The bud is nodding. The bracts have a length of up to 4.5 centimeters.
Flowering time is in March, sometimes also in April.
Occurrence
The multi-colored tulip comes in the Eastern Caucasus , in Transcaucasia , in northern Iran and North Afghanistan in clayey and stony Artemisia - semi-deserts before.
use
The multicolored tulip is rarely used as an ornamental plant. It has been in culture since 1894 at the latest.
swell
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
Web links
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