Tulipa praecox

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tulipa praecox, Tenore. Height, 12-18 in.: st. slender, glabrous: lvs. 3-5, lorate-lanceolate, acute, undulated at margin: perianth beautiful scarlet, campanulate, 2-3 in. long, 3 in. across, erect, scentless; basal blotch oblong or oblanceolate and purplish black, margined with yellow; segms. widely imbricated, outer slightly longer, acute, puberulent at apex; inner shorter, obtusely cuspidate; anthers yellow; filaments long, dark purple, glabrous; ovary prismatic; stigmas pubescent, reddish. Italy and S. France; also Algeria, Greece, Syria, Palestine, and Persia. Very closely allied to last, and figured as such in B.R. 204, 1143, 1419; differs, according to Baker, "by its more robust habit of growth, earlier flowering, and ovate more imbricated perianth-segms., with a less clearly marked basal blotch."—One of the oldest known species. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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