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Tulipa altaica

Tulipa altaica
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Altay to NW. Xinjiang
Climate
temperate

About

Tulipa altaica is a species of tulip found in Russia, Kazakhstan, and China.

How to grow it

Tulipa altaica is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Where it grows

The main distribution area of Tulipa altaica is in the Altai Mountains. It also occurs in the northwest of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and parts of Kazakhstan. Tulipa altaica grows in thickets and on sunny slopes at altitudes between 1300 and 2600 meters.

Other Tulipa plants

Eyed Tulip · Albanian Tulip · Tulipa alberti · Tulipa aleppensis · Armenian Tulip · Biflora Tulip · Tulipa bifloriformis · Lady tulip · Cretan Tulip · Cyprus tulip · Tulipa dasystemon · Tulipa dubia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tulipa altaica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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