Tulipa tetraphylla subsp. ostrowskiana

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tulipa ostrowskiana, Regel. Outer tunics of the bulb blackish, strigose-pilose at their apex inside: st. 3-lvd., glabrous, 1-fld., 8-10 in. high including the peduncle: lvs. glaucescent, glabrous, immarginate, the lower narrowly lanceolate, strongly undulate, the upper linear-lanceolate to sublinear, shorter than the st.: peduncle glabrous: sepals more or less spreading, elliptic, perceptibly narrowed into a short cusp, purplish brick-red, base marked with a blackish spot, glabrous; filaments glabrous. Turkestan. Gt. 33:1144. B.M. 6710 (as T. Kolpakowskiana). 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.