View source for Tulipa praestans

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|familia=Liliaceae
|genus=Tulipa
|species=praestans
|habit=bulbous
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|Min wd box=6
|Min wd metric=in
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|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun, part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moderate, less when dormant
|water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
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|image=Tulipa praestans1UME.jpg
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Describe plant here...

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Tulipa praestans, Hoog (T. suaveolens var. sylvestris, Regel). Bulb about 1 in. diam., rounded, with leathery skin which is almost glabrous inside: scape to 18 in., white-hairy, 1- to several-fld.: fls. light scarlet-vermilion, the segms. all uniform in shape, pointed: lvs. hairy, rather broad. Bokhara.—Once confused with T. suaveolens, but now considered to be clearly distinct, and that species is identified with the Duc van Thol forms.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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