familyLiliaceae
genusTulipa
speciesTulipa sylvestris

Tulipa sylvestris

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 305. 1753.

Gerald B. Straley†, Frederick H. Utech
Common names: Wild tulip
IntroducedIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 200. Mentioned on page 199.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Barbara Alongi

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Plants (10–) 30–45 cm; bulbs often stoloniferous, ovoid to obovate, 1.8–4 (–5) × 1–2.5 cm; tunics brownish black, papery, apex with rusty, straight hairs adaxially. Leaves 2–3 (–4), widely spaced, more or less declinate, channeled; blade dark green, linear to linearlanceolate, keeled, glabrous; proximal cauline blade 25–35 × 1–1.5 (–2) cm. Flowers 1 (–2), nodding in bud; tepals 6 (–8), golden yellow, midrib abaxially tinged with green; outer tepals narrowly elliptical to subrhombic, 30–40 (–65) × 8–15 (–25) mm, apex acuminate; inner tepals elliptic-oblanceolate, 30–40 (–60) × 15–20 (–25) mm, apex shortly acuminate; filaments flat, 8–14 mm, pubescent; anthers orange, 4–9 mm; ovary bright green, 10–12 mm. Capsules 15–30 × 14–16 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, waste places
Elevation: 0–200 m

Distribution

V26 338-distribution-map.jpg

Introduced; Md., Mass., Pa., Europe, n Africa, naturalized c, sw Asia, Siberia

Discussion

The exact native range of Tulipa sylvestris in the Old World is unknown. Stoloniferous, offset droppers account for much of the vegetative spread of this triploid species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Tulipa sylvestris"
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2n chromosome quantity
36 +
Anther arrangement
linear;narrowly elliptic +
Anther coloration
orange +
Anther dehiscence
introrse +
Anther fixation
basifixed +
Anther shape
cordate +  and linear +
Anther some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Apex shape
acuminate +
Author
Gerald B. Straley† +  and Frederick H. Utech +
Authority
Linnaeus +
Basal leaf architecture or shape
sheathing +
Basal leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Basal leaf growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Base shape
dilated +
Blade architecture
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade coloration
dark green +
Blade pubescence
glabrous +
Blade shape
keeled +
Blade size or width
narrow +
Blade texture
fleshy +
Bract architecture
sheathing +  and involucrate +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract quantity
1;several +
Bulb architecture
stoloniferous +
Bulb atypical length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Bulb length
1.8cm +  and 4cm +
Bulb shape
Ovoid (Obovate) +
Bulb texture
papery +  and coriaceous +
Bulb width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Capsule length
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Capsule width
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
Cauline leaf arrangement
alternate +
Cauline leaf size
reduced +
Common name
Wild tulip +
Corm architecture
solid +
Distribution
Md. +, Mass. +, Pa. +, Europe +, n Africa +, naturalized c +, sw Asia +  and Siberia +
Elaiosome texture
fleshy +
Elevation
0–200 m +
Filament height or length or size
shorter +
Filament prominence or shape
flat +
Filament pubescence
pubescent +
Filament shape
dilated +
Filament size
slender +
Filament some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Flower architecture
sessile +  and pedicellate +
Flower atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Flower orientation
nodding +
Flower quantity
1 +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Fruit architecture
capsular +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit dehiscence
loculicidal +
Fruit shape
3-angled +, ellipsoid +  and subglobose +
Fruit texture
leathery +
Habitat
Roadsides, fields, waste places +
Hair coloration
rusty +
Hair course
straight +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Barbara Alongi +
Inflorescence architecture
1(-4)-flowered +
Inflorescence arrangement
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
Inner tepal atypical length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Inner tepal atypical width
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Inner tepal length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Inner tepal shape
elliptic-oblanceolate +
Inner tepal width
15mm +  and 20mm +
Introduced
true +
Leaf architecture
simple +
Leaf arrangement
spaced +
Leaf atypical quantity
3 (4) +
Leaf duration
persistent +
Leaf orientation
declinate +
Leaf quantity
2 (3) +
Leaf shape
channeled +
Midrib coloration
tinged with green +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer tepal atypical length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
Outer tepal atypical width
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Outer tepal length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Outer tepal shape
Narrowly elliptical (?) +  and Subrhombic (?) +
Outer tepal width
8mm;15mm +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
3-locular +
Ovary coloration
bright green +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovary some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Ovule quantity
many;several +
Perianth architecture
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Perianth prominence
showy +
Perianth shape
campanulate;cupshaped +
Phenology
Flowering late spring. +
Proximal cauline blade atypical width
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Proximal cauline blade length
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
Proximal cauline blade width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Publication title
Sp. Pl. +
Publication year
1753 +
Reference
None +
Row quantity
2 +
Seed arrangement
wind-distributed +
Seed prominence or shape
flat +
Seed quantity
many +
Source xml
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Special status
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen position
staminodial +
Stamen quantity
6 +
Stamen reproduction
fertile +
Stigma architecture or shape
capitate +
Stigma fusion
distinct +
Stigma quantity
1 +  and several +
Stigma shape
3-lobed +
Style atypical quantity
3 (4) +
Style height or length or size
short +
Style presence
absent +
Style quantity
3 +  and 1 +
Taxon family
Liliaceae +
Taxon name
Tulipa sylvestris +
Taxon parent
Tulipa +
Taxon rank
species +
Tepal architecture
petaloid +
Tepal atypical quantity
6 (8) +
Tepal coloration
golden yellow +
Tepal duration
caducous +
Tepal fusion
distinct +
Tepal nectary presence
absent +
Tepal quantity
6 +
Tepal variability
equal +
Tube architecture
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
Tube coloration
greener +
Tube variability
equal +
Tube width
narrower +
Tunic coloration
brownish black +
Tunic pubescence
glabrous +  and hairy +
Tunic texture
papery +
Volume
Volume 26 +
Whole organism architecture
bulbose +, subscapose +  and scapose +
Whole organism atypical some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism some measurement
30cm (45cm) +
Whole organism texture
woody +
Whorl quantity
3 +  and 2 +
X chromosome quantity
12 +