Two-flowered Tulip

Tulipa biflora

"Tulipa biflora", the two-flowered tulip, is a species of tulip, native to the former Yugoslavia, Crimea, Anatolia, the Caucasus, southern Russia, Egypt, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Xinjiang in China. It has many synonyms, including "Tulipa polychroma"
Tulipa biflora  Geotagged,Israel,Tulipa biflora,Winter

Appearance

It can be found on screes, rocky slopes, grassy slopes and deserts.
It can be found in the salt deserts in the basin of the Wolga and it can often found with the small yellow tulip, "Tulipa sylvestris".

Cultivated, it has two, occasionally one or three, flowers borne on a single stalk.
It has stems that can grow up to 10cm tall, with 2 grey-green leaves. They are lanceolate have greenish-grey backs. The flowers are fragrant.

Most parts of plant are poisonous if they are ingested.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderLiliales
FamilyLiliaceae
GenusTulipa
SpeciesT. biflora
Photographed in
Belgium
Israel