Tulipa sylvestris

Tulipa sylvestris, the wild tulip or woodland tulip, is a Eurasian and North African species of wild tulip, a plant in the lily family. Its native range extends from Portugal and Morocco to western China, covering most of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, and Central Asia. The species is also cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in central and northern Europe as well as a few scattered locations in North America. It is a bulb-forming perennial, usually with yellow flowers, sometimes tinged red on the outside.

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• Tulipa sylvestris
• Wild tulips tulipa sylvestris and tulipa tarda
• References

Tulipa australis is also found on the island of Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, limited to one specific area.