Tulipa aleppensis

Tulipa aleppensis is a wild tulip in the family Liliaceae. It is native to Southeastern Turkey, Syria, near Beirut in Lebanon.

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Tulipa aleppensis belongs to the genus Tulipa (family Liliaceae). It is a herbaceous, bulbous perennial. The tunic of the bulb is covered with long straight hairs. It forms stolons. The leaves are erect and grey-green, frequently with wavy margins. They are up to 30 cm (12 in) long and 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. The plant produces only a single cup shaped flower, which is intensely red or crimson on the outside and slightly paler inside. The tepals are pointed, the outer larger than the inner. The plant can be up to 45 cm (18 in) tall. The basal blotch is oval, black and quite short. It can also be entirely absent; very rarely, it has a narrow yellow border. Filaments and anthers are black, the pollen yellow. The flowers appear from March to May. According to the British botanist Alfred Daniel Hall, it is quite similar to Tulipa praecox, but has brighter flowers. It is triploid. Wilford suspects it of being a variant of Tulipa agenensis or Tulipa iulia. It is, however, shorter than T. agenensis and has more narrow tepals and a smaller basal blotch.