Tulipa altaica var. altaica

Read about Tulipa altaica var. altaica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tulipa kolpakowskiana, Regel. Tunics of the bulb fuscous, strigose-pilose toward the apex inside: sts. 3-lvd., 1-fld.: lvs. erect-spreading or spreading, undulate, obscurely cartilaginous margined, margin smooth or scaberulous, lower lvs. narrowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, upper rather linear (sublinear): peduncle glabrous: perianth erect; sepals spreading, elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate, all acute or rarely rather obtuse, yellow, outer ones very often becoming reddish or greenish dorsally or entirely purple in a variety, apex and base glabrous; stamens glabrous. Turkestan. B.M. 6635 and G.C. III. 27:309 (both as T. Borszczowii).— Nearly allied to T. Gesneriana, Linn., which differs in the 3-4-lvd. st., the broader immarginate lvs. and in the campanulate-connivent frequently obtuse segms. of the perianth. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.