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Garden Tulip
Garden Tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Central Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Bulbs
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

This tall lily grows in sunny fields and cultivated garden beds worldwide. Its petals snap shut tightly at night to protect the pollen from cooling evening temperatures.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Liliaceae
Genus
Tulipa
Species
Tulipa gesneriana