Tulip buds

Description:

Tulips are spring-blooming perennials that grow from bulbs. Depending on the species, tulip plants can grow as short as 10 cm or as high as 71 cm. The tulip's large flowers usually bloom on scapes or subscapose stems that lack bracts. Most tulips produce only one flower per stem, but a few species bear multiple flowers on their scapes. The showy, generally cup- or star-shaped tulip flower has three petals and three sepals, which are often termed tepals because they are nearly identical. These six tepals are often marked near the bases with darker colorings. Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of colors.

Habitat:

Native range extends from as far west as Southern Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, and Iran to the Northwest of China.