Tulipa borszczowii Regel, a striking botanical specimen, boasts an elongated bulb measuring 20-40 cm in length, with a robust, black-brown skin and an ovoid shape. The underground portion of the stem surpasses the overground segment by 1.5-2 times, exhibiting a glabrous surface. The four deflexed, straddled, glaucous leaves, heavy-curved and glabrate, extend to the flower, with the lower leaf being lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate and measuring 2-3 cm in width.
The solitary flower of Tulipa borszczowii is adorned with perianth lobes in vibrant shades of yellow, orange, or red, featuring a basal dark-violet blotch on both sides, paler on the outer surface. The perianth lobes measure 3-6 cm in length, concluding with a short pubescent tip. The outer lobes are hombic, while the inner ones take on an inversely triangular-ovate shape.
The stamens, measuring 2.5-3 times shorter than the perianth, exhibit glabrate, dark-violet filaments, and dark-violet anthers of equal length. The ovary, shorter than the stamens, hosts a sessile stigma. The fruitcase, 1.5-2 cm thick and 2.5-4.5 cm long, completes the floral structure.
Tulipa borszczowii graces the landscapes with its blossoms in April, exclusively found in the sandy, clay, and gypsum deserts of Kazakhstan’s Torgai, Prearal, Kzyl-Orda, and Kyzyl-Kum floristic regions. Notably, it is registered in the Red Book of Kazakhstan due to its endemic status and conservation significance.
Tulipa Borszczowii.
Tulipa Borszczowii.
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Tulipa Borszczowii.
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Tulipa Borszczowii.
Tulipa Borszczowii.
