Tulipa hissarica

Description: — Bulb oblong-ovoid, 1.0 – 1.5 (2.0) cm thick; tunic brown or grayish, papery, prolonged, inside at the top lined with adpressed hairs; stem 4 – 12 cm long, glabrous, bluish-green, hidden in the rosette of leaves at the beginning of flowering and later elongating; leaves (2 – 3) 4 – 5, approximate, nearly verticillate, exceeding the flower, spreading, curled, glabrous, smooth or slightly ciliate at margins, linear or almost lorate, 0.5 – 1.0 (2.0) cm broad; flower solitary, star-shaped, with a pleasant saffron-like scent; perigone segments yellowish, without basal blotch, 2 – 3 cm long, acute, glabrous; outer segments lanceolate, greenish and violet-tinged on the back, two-thirds as broad as and slightly longer than the inner segments, the edges of the upper half often notched; inner segments oblong, often obtuse, gradually tapering to the base and sometimes notched at edges; stamens one and a half to two times shorter than the perigone; filaments glabrous, yellow, tapering from the base to the apex; anthers yellow or orange, linear-oblong, up to 9 mm long; ovary slightly shorter than stamens, green, with a very long style; stigma light yellow; capsule straw-coloured or purplish, cylindrical with purple-tinged ribs. General distribution: — Hissar Range (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan).

Ecology: — Stony slopes in middle and upper mountain zone, 1300 – 3500 m a. s. l.