Tulipa carinata Vved.

Stem soft-pubescent, 30-50 cm. Leaves 4, almost erect, carinate, grey green. Flowers cup-shaped, elongated, 5-8 cm long, scarlet-red with yellow or black blotch with yellow border. Anthers dark violet. Closely related and similar to T. fosteriana, differing in form, size and position of leaves. V - early spring to beginning of summer, in St. Petersburg from April to June. Fl - April, May. Fr - June. P - by daughter bulbs and seed. Does well on any soil, if well-drained. Good for spring decoration and for cut flowers. Z 4. New.

Central Asia (Pamiro Alay). On rocky slopes in open forests.