A close up of a red tulip Several red tulips against a green out of focus background Tulip Tulipa


Several red tulips against a green out of focus background Tulip Tulipa is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Liliaceae Its species are native to southern Europe north Africa and Asia from Anatolia and Iran where the flower is suggested on the nation s flag from east to northeast of China and Japan The centre of diversity of the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan They are perennial bulbous plants growing to 10 70 centimetres 4 27 in tall with a small number of strap shaped waxy textured usually glaucous green leaves and large flowers with six petals The fruit is a dry capsule containing numerous flat disc shaped seeds


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