Nederlands: Bostulp
Español: Tulipán silvestre - Burillas - Tulipán de los prados
Français: Tulipe des bois - Tulipe sauvage
Deutsch: Wilde Tulpe - Wald-Tulpe - Weinberg-Tulpe
Family: Liliaceae - Lily family
Flowering time: April-June
Height: 10-25cm
Altitude: to 1800m
Colour: yellow, three outer petals tinged with green, pink or crimson
Habitat: meadows, grassy, rocky, dry, sunny habitats
Distribution: Mountains of central, southern and southeastern Europe. Widely naturalized in northern Europe where it was introduced as a garden plant.
Note: Possibly introduced to northern Europe in the second half of the 16th century. In Spain the Tulipa sylvestris subsp. australis is recognized, a subspecies that grows in the mountains up to 2400m. At this altitude this ´Tulipán de los prados´ can be found flowering as late as June. In the Granada province it is relatively rare.
Related key words: Rotterdam, Kralingse Bos, Botanische tuin Kralingen, Heemtuin Rucphen, wylde tulp, begraafplaats Ternaard, kasteel Nijenrode, naturalized cultivar, stinsenplant, Stinsenpflanze, stinzenflora, plantes castrales, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Sierra Elvira, Sierra de Baza, Sierra de Lújar, Andalucía, Andalusië, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Peña Oroel (Jaca), Sierra de Santa Marina (Fiscal), Río Esera (Graus)
