tulip: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Tulipa

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Field of tulips in various colors including purple, white, yellow, pink, and red, with green stems and leaves, set against a blurred garden background.

Close-up of a tulip with petals showing striking broken red and yellow streaks and patches, set against a blurred green background.

Close-up of a red tulip flower showing its yellow center, dark anthers, and delicate inner structures.

Rows of brightly colored tulips in full bloom stretch across flat farmland in the Netherlands under a blue sky.

Zuid-Holland: Bulbland

Lisse: tulip fields

Learn about the Netherlands' flower cross-breeding and cultivation program from the fields to auction

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Topics

Tulip Mania: How a Plant Virus Fueled a Speculative Frenzy Liliaceae orchid rose iris poppy passion flower rhododendron begonia lily geranium peony

Key People

Image of an engraving of the 16th century botanist Carolus Clusius.

Carolus Clusius

French botanist

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous