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Biflora Tulip

Tulipa biflora

Also called Two Flowered Tulip

Tulipa biflora is a small, early-blooming bulbous species from dry, rocky and steppe habitats across Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean region. It thrives with full sun, sharp drainage and a dry summer rest.

Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as: Bulb
Light: Full sun
Water: Water during active growth in spring, then keep dry while the bulb is dormant in summer.
Soil: Gritty, free-draining soil or rock garden mix.
Temperature: Hardy to around -20 °C when dormant; protect from waterlogging in cold, wet winters.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: All parts, especially the bulb, contain tulipalin and related compounds that can irritate the skin and cause nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea if eaten.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range: North Macedonia, Krym to E. Egypt and Xinjiang
Climate: temperate

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Tulipa biflora, the two-flowered tulip, is a species of tulip, native to the former Yugoslavia, Crimea, Anatolia, the Caucasus, southern Russia, Egypt, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Xinjiang in China. It has many synonyms, including Tulipa polychroma.

It can be found on screes, rocky slopes, grassy slopes and deserts.

Other Tulipa plants

Armenian Tulip · Tulipa bifloriformis · Lady tulip · Tulipa fosteriana · Didier's tulip · Tulipa greigii · Crocus Tulip · Water-lily tulip · Tulipa kolpakowskiana · Bokhara Tulip · Tulipa praestans · Tulipa pulchella

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tulipa biflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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