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Tulipa linifolia
Tulipa linifolia is a small bulbous perennial tulip from Central Asia and northern Iran, growing to about 20 cm with red, bowl-shaped spring flowers. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and a dry summer rest to perform well year after year.
Tulipa linifolia, the flax-leaved tulip or Bokhara tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the tulip genus Tulipa (Clusiana group), family Liliaceae, native to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan. Growing to 20 cm (8 in) tall, it is a bulbous perennial with wavy red-margined sword-shaped leaves, and bowl-shaped red flowers in early to mid-spring. Each petal has blackish marks at the base.
Several cultivars are grown as ornamental plants in gardens, including 'Bronze Charm' as well as series such as Gem ('Bright Gem', 'Red Gem' and 'Salmon Gem') and Jewel ('Apricot Jewel', 'Yellow Jewel').
The following have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
Armenian Tulip · Biflora Tulip · Tulipa bifloriformis · Lady tulip · Tulipa fosteriana · Didier's tulip · Tulipa greigii · Crocus Tulip · Water-lily tulip · Tulipa kolpakowskiana · Tulipa praestans · Tulipa pulchella
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tulipa linifolia 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.
