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Mountain Tulip
Tulipa montana
Tulipa montana is a species of tulip native to the mountains of Iran and Turkmenistan. With its deep red petals (there is also a yellow morph) it has been proposed as a candidate for the Biblical Rose of Sharon, whose identity is unknown.
Richard Wilford in his 2006 book Tulips writes, "This really is one of the most alluring of the smaller tulip species".
From the article Tulipa montana on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
T. montana is a low-growing perennial bulb, and it can reach up to 15–20 cm (6–8 in) tall. It has glaucous leaves, then blooms in early spring, or early summer, in April, or as late as July (in America). It has cup-shaped flowers, that come in shades of red, from scarlet, crimson, to deepest blood-red. Inside the bloom, it has a greenish-black central blotch and yellow anthers. In the wild, there are also yellow forms.
Range & habitat
It is found in the mountains of Iran, Turkmenistan, and possibly, Iraq, around the Caspian Sea.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 486648.