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Tulipa sylvestris (wild tulip)

Synonyms: Liriopogon sylvestre; Tulipa breyniana; Tulipa persica (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Tulipa sylvestris, the wild tulip or woodland tulip, is a Eurasian and North African species of wild tulip, a plant in the lily family. Its native range extends from Portugal and Morocco to western China, covering most of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, and Central Asia. The species is also cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in central and northern Europe as well as a few scattered locations in North America. It is a bulb-forming perennial, usually with yellow flowers, sometimes tinged red on the outside.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The bulb and the flowers have been known to cause dermatitis in sensitive people, though up to 5 bulbs a day can be eaten without ill-effect;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera, Bats
Scent [2]  The flowers have a most pronounced perfume;
Structure [2]  Bulb
Height [2]  10 inches (0.25 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Luberon Regional Nature Park V 406572 France  
Monti Sicani, Rocca Busambra e Bosco della Ficuzza 144567 Italy  
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia prostii[4]
Vankya heufleri[4]

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0