Garden tulip
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Drawing of the garden tulip ( Tulipa gesneriana ) from the Gottorfer Codex by Hans-Simon Holtzbecker |
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The garden tulip ( Tulipa gesneriana ) is a species of tulip ( Tulipa ) in the lily family (Liliaceae). This species is an old Persian cultivated plant whose exact origin is unclear. It may be derived from Tulipa armena or Tulipa schrenkii .
features
The garden tulip is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 10 to 70 centimeters. This geophyte forms onions as persistent organs. The onion shell is bare on the inside or has only a few hairs on the tip. The plant does not form runners. The leaves are blue-green and usually not wavy. The stem leaves are often narrower than the leaves of vegetative plants, which are more than 1.5 to 2 centimeters wide. The stem is (10) 30 to 70 centimeters long, glabrous and rarely finely downy.
The flowers stand individually on the stems. They are broadly cupped at the bottom. The bracts are colored differently, from red to purple, black-purple and yellow to white. Virus infected plants have flamed flowers. Furthermore, the bracts are rounded, edged, blunt or pointed and 4 to 8.2 centimeters long. The stamens are purple or yellow.
The flowering time is, depending on the variety group and location, from the beginning of April to the end of May.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24 or 36.
use
The garden tulip is widely used as an ornamental plant in borders, summer borders and perennial beds and as a cut flower.
supporting documents
- 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 .
