Didier's tulip
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Didier's tulip ( Tulipa didieri ) is a species of plant in the genus tulips ( Tulipa ) within the lily family (Liliaceae). Their distribution area is limited to a few places in the canton of Valais and Savoy . It is unclear whether these are original relic populations or garden plants that have been overgrown since Roman times . It is on the red list in Switzerland and is fully protected.
description
The Didiers tulip is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 30 to 50 centimeters. This geophyte forms an egg-shaped onion with a diameter of up to 3 centimeters and chestnut-brown onion skins as a persistent organ. The rigid upright stem is smooth and bare. Below the center of the stem are three to four simple, broadly lanceolate, wavy leaves .
The large, hermaphrodite flowers are radial symmetry and threefold. There are six scarlet bracts of the same shape .
Systematics
The first description of Tulipa didieri was made in 1846 by Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan in Observations sur Plusieurs Plantes Nouvelles , 1, 34. Tulipa didieri belongs to section Tulipa from the subgenus Tulipa in the genus Tulipa .
swell
- Info Flora Leaflets Species Protection - Flowering Plants and Ferns (PDF file; 688 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tulipa didieri at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis