Tulipa biflora

{{short description|Species of plant in the genus Tulipa}}

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| genus = Tulipa

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| parent = Tulipa

| species = biflora

| authority = Pall.Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 727 (1776)

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• Liriopogon biflorum (Pall.) Raf.
• Orithyia biflora (Pall.) Kunth
• Podonix albiflora Raf.
• Tulipa androssowii Litv.
• Tulipa binutans Vved.
• Tulipa bucharica Merckl. ex Boiss.
• Tulipa buhseana Boiss.
• Tulipa crispatula Boiss. & Buhse
• Tulipa halophila Bornm. & Gauba
• Tulipa koktebelica Junge
• Tulipa polychroma Stapf
• Tulipa prolongata Vved.
• Tulipa sogdiana Bunge
• Tulipa turcomanica B.Fedtsch.

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Tulipa biflora, the two-flowered tulip, is a species of tulip, native to the former Yugoslavia, Crimea, Anatolia, the Caucasus, southern Russia, Egypt, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Xinjiang in China. It has many synonyms, including Tulipa polychroma.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542845-1 |title=Tulipa biflora Pall. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=27 August 2020 }}{{cite journal |title=Tiptoe through the tulips - cultural history, molecular phylogenetics and classification of Tulipa (Liliaceae) |year=2013 |last1=Christenhusz |first1=Maarten J. M. |last2=Govaerts |first2=Rafaël |last3=David |first3=John C. |last4=Hall |first4=Tony |last5=Borland |first5=Katherine |last6=Roberts |first6=Penelope S. |last7=Tuomisto |first7=Anne |last8=Buerki |first8=Sven |last9=Chase |first9=Mark W. |last10=Fay |first10=Michael F. |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=172 |issue=3 |pages=280–328 |doi=10.1111/boj.12061 |doi-access=free }}

It can be found on screes, rocky slopes, grassy slopes and deserts.{{cite web |title=FOC Vol. 24 Page 125 |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001619 |website=efloras.org (Flora of China) |accessdate=14 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Two-Flowered Tulip : Protected |url=https://www.wildflowers.co.il/english/plant.asp?ID=97 |website=www.wildflowers.co.il |accessdate=15 April 2020}}

It can be found in the salt deserts in the basin of the Wolga and it can often found with the small yellow tulip, Tulipa sylvestris.John Marius Wilson (editor) {{google books|2eAhAQAAIAAJ|The Rural Cyclopedia: Or a General Dictionary of Agriculture, and Arts, Sciences, Instruments, and Practice, necessary to the farmer, stockfarmer, gardener, forester, landsteward, farrier, &c. Volume 4 (1849)|page=498}}

Cultivated, it has two, occasionally one or three, flowers borne on a single stalk.{{cite web |title=Tulipa biflora (15) two-flowered tulip |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/18500/i-Tulipa-biflora-i-(15)/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=27 August 2020 }}

It has stems that can grow up to 10cm tall,{{cite web |title=Pacific Bulb Society {{!}} Tulipa Species One |url=https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/TulipaSpeciesOne |website=www.pacificbulbsociety.org |accessdate=14 April 2020}} with 2 (sometimes more) grey-green leaves. They are lanceolate (lance-like in shape. It blooms between late winter to spring, and the flowers are 2-3.5cm long. They are white with a yellow centre, the tepal (smaller petal) have greenish-grey backs.{{cite web |title=Tulipa biflora |url=http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Tulipa/biflora |website=Alpine Garden Society |accessdate=14 April 2020 |language=en}} The flowers are fragrant.

Most parts of plant are poisonous if they are ingested.{{cite web |title=PlantFiles: Species Tulip, Botanical Tulip, Two-Flowered Tulip, Wild Tulip |url=https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/80873/#b |website=Dave's Garden |accessdate=15 April 2020 |language=en}}