Tulipa bifloriformis

Tulipa bifloriformis is a species of tulip native to Central Asia. Its dwarfed 'Starlight' cultivar has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Description: — Bulb ovoid, 1.5 – 2.0 cm thick; tunic reddish-brown, coriaceous, often prolonged, densely and finely arachnoid-shaggy on the inside; stem 10 – 25 cm long, the upper part of stem and peduncle pubescent, very rarely glabrous; leaves 2, scattered, deflexed, glabrous, ciliate, linear to linear-lanceolate; lower leaf broader, (6) 10 – 15 mm broad, usually exceeding the flower; flowers (l) 2 – 8 (11); perigone segments white, yellow at base, (11) 15 – 20 (30) mm long, acute; outer segments oblong-lanceolate, dingy violet outside, bearded at base, two-thirds as broad as the inner, inner segments oblong, acuminate, more or less tapering into a claw, slightly bearded at base, long-ciliate; stamens about half the length of perigone; filaments yellow, densely bearded at base with long hairs, commonly hairy above; anthers linear-oblong, 5 - 6 mm long, violet or yellow and violet at the apex, very short pointed; ovary slightly shorter than stamens, short-styled; capsule commonly oblong, 1.0 – 1.5 cm in diameter (l. 0) 1.5 – 2.5 (3.0) cm long, shortbeaked. General distribution: — Western Tian-Shan (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan).