Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, Netherlands

Family: Liliaceae (Leliefamilie)

Distribution: Central Asia

Comments: This in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan occurring tulip was named by botanist Eduard August von Regel after his son Johann Albert in the 19th century. His son, also a botanist, was with him during the discovery. The small plant, about 20 cm tall, grows solitary and produces red-orange or yellow flowers whose petals, which always have a prominent dark spot at the base, have three curving inwards and three curving outwards.

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