Tulipa

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Liliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Tulipa

• Description

  Genus Description - Tep 6, essentially alike, separate, erect or ascending at anthesis to form a campanulate or stoutly cylindric fl; stamens 6, filaments shorter than the perianth; anthers oblong-linear, introrse, basifixed; ovules numerous; style short or virtually wanting; capsule loculicidal; perennial herbs from coated bulbs, bearing an erect stem with a few oblong to linear lvs and a large erect, usually solitary fl. 100, temp. Eurasia.

• Common Names

  tulip