Urumoff's tulip

Tulipa urumoffii

Bulbous perennial. The bulb ovoid-conical, the tunic cinnamon brown, inner site puberulent. Stem hairless, 15–45 cm high. Leaves 3, rarely 5, bluish-green, repand at the edge, with short cartilaginous teeths, basal leaves oblong, cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, shorter than stem. Perianth bell-shaped, perianth segments nearly equal, obovate, yellow, rarely red, without a basal blotch. Filaments and anthers yellow. Fruit an oviform capsule.
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Distribution

NE Bulgaria, Balkan Range (eastern), Sofia region, Znepole region, Toundzha Hilly Country; from 100 to 1000 m alt.
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Status

Vulnerable [VU B2ab(ii,iv,v)].
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Habitat

Inhabit dry stony calcareous places. Occurs in grassy and disperse shrubby communities with limited number of localities. Forms fragmented populations with very good numerical strength.

Defense

Protected species according to the national Biodiversity Act. Some of the localities are in the territory of Sinite Kamani Nature Park, in the Patleyna Managed Nature Reserve (near the town of Preslav) and Ostritsa Managed Nature Reserve in Golo Bardo mountain, Urumovo Lale (Paydushko village, municipality Targoviste) and Div Rozhkov Protected Sites, Lalkoto Nature Monument, westwards from Venets village and the nature monument near Chernevo village, municipality Suvorovo. Some of the localities are within sites of the European ecological network Natura 2000 in Bulgaria.
Included in the Red Book of Bulgaria.

References:

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http://e-ecodb.bas.bg/rdb/en/vol1/Tulurumo.html
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderLiliales
FamilyLiliaceae
GenusTulipa
SpeciesTulipa urumoffii
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Bulgaria