Tulipa sylvestris, also known as the wild tulip or woodland tulip, is a plant in the lily family native to Eurasia and North Africa. It can be found in countries such as Portugal, Morocco, and China, and is also cultivated as an ornamental plant in Europe and North America. This bulb-forming perennial has blue-grey leaves and produces yellow flowers with a red tinge. It is pollinated by small insects and is mostly found in dry grassy areas and woodland copses. There are three known subspecies of Tulipa sylvestris, with one subspecies being limited to a specific area in the Mediterranean Sea. This species was first recorded in Britain in the late 17th century.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Liriopogon sylvestris	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 2: 35. 1837 [1836 publ. Jan-Mar 1837]
Tulipa sylvestris var. gallica	(Delaun. ex Loisel.) Kunze	Flora 29: 699 1846
Tulipa grisebachii	Borbás	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 33: 202 (1883)
Tulipa marshalliana	Andrz. ex Baker	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 290 (1874)
Tulipa florentina	hort. ex Baker	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 290 (1874)
Tulipa australis var. gallica	(Delaun. ex Loisel.) Levier	Tulip. Eur. 103. 1884
Tulipa australis subsp. gallica	(Delaun. ex Loisel.) K.Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: 216. 1890 (1890)
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. grandiflora	(Hy) Hayek	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 71. 1932 (1932)
Tulipa grandiflora	Hy	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59: 384. 1912 (1912)
Tulipa gallica var. occidentalis	Hy	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59: 384. 1912
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. grisebachiana	(Pant.) Hayek	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 71. 1932 (1932)
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. balcanica	(Velen.) Hayek	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 71. 1932 (1932)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	tulip
English	dutch-lily
English	wild tulip
English	woodland tulip
Spanish	tulipán bravo
Spanish	tulipán silvestre
Azerbaijani	silvestris dağlaləsi
azb	سیلوستریس داغلالهسی
Belarusian	гардук
Belarusian	Цюльпан лясны
Bulgarian	горско лале
Catalan	tulipe sauvage
Czech	tulipán planý
cv	Вӑрман тюльпанӗ
Welsh	tiwlip gwyllt
Danish	vild tulipan
Danish	skov-tulipan
German	weinberg-tulpe
German	waldtulpe
German	wald-tulpe
German	tulipe sauvage
German	wilde tulpe
Esperanto	arbara tulipo
Estonian	metstulp
Persian	لاله سیلوستریس
Persian	لالهٔ سیلوستریس
Finnish	metsätulppaani
French	tulipe sauvage
French	tulipe des bois
frr	wil tulp
Upper Sorbian	dźiwja tulpa
Armenian	Վարդակակաչ անտառային
Lithuanian	tulipe sauvage
Norwegian Bokmål	villtulipan
Dutch	bostulp
Norwegian Nynorsk	villtulipan
Russian	Тюльпан лесной
Russian	Тюльпан флорентийский
Russian	Тюльпан дикий
Slovak	tulipán lesný
Swedish	vildtulpan
Swedish	Ängstulpan
Swedish	tulipe sauvage
Swedish	vild tulpan
Chinese	林生郁金香

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Name	Authority	First published in
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. australis	(Link) Pamp.	Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1914: 13 (1914)
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. cuspidata	(Regel) Maire & Weiller	Fl. Afrique N. 5: 104. 1958 (1958)
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. primulina	(Baker) Maire & Weiller	Fl. Afrique N. 5: 103 (1958)
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. sylvestris		Unknown

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Expose seeds to natural outdoor winter conditions for 3 months, then gradually increase light and temperature in the spring.

grow seedlings at cool temperature - best achieved by sowing in open ground

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

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- Native

Africa click to expand
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Tunisia

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus
- China
  - Xinjiang
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan
- Siberia
  - Altay
  - West Siberia
- Western Asia
  - Iran
  - Turkey

Europe click to expand
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - Krym
  - South European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Netherlands
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark
  - Great Britain
  - Norway
  - Sweden
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania
  - Bulgaria
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Romania
  - Sicilia
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Sardegna
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Illinois
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Massachusetts
  - New York
  - Pennsylvania
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Maryland

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000746765
Canadensys	6542
USDA Plants	TUSY
Tropicos	18400384
INPN	127966
Flora of Italy	6791
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:543106-1
The Plant List	kew-290017
Open Tree Of Life	677866
Observations.org	7589
NCBI Taxonomy	248498
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000002174
Nature Serve	2.135226
IPNI	543106-1
iNaturalist	55798
GBIF	5299536
EPPO	TULSY
EOL	1083021
Elurikkus	8046
USDA GRIN	404988
Wikipedia	Tulipa_sylvestris
CMAUP	NPO11435

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Tracing the introduction history of the tulip that went wild (Tulipa sylvestris) in sixteenth-century Europe

Stefanaki A, Walter T, van Andel T

Sci Rep

13-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9192774
doi:	10.1038/s41598-022-13378-9
PMID:	35697708

Making a Virtue of Necessity: The Use of Wild Edible Plant Species (Also Toxic) in Bread Making in Times of Famine According to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti (1766)

Paura B, Di Marzio P

Biology (Basel)

11-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC8869735
doi:	10.3390/biology11020285
PMID:	35205151

Phylogeny, Age, and Evolution of Tribe Lilieae (Liliaceae) Based on Whole Plastid Genomes

Li J, Cai J, Qin HH, Price M, Zhang Z, Yu Y, Xie DF, He XJ, Zhou SD, Gao XF

Front Plant Sci

01-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC8845482
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2021.699226
PMID:	35178055

A phylogenetic analysis of the wild Tulipa species (Liliaceae) of Kosovo based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequence

Hajdari A, Pulaj B, Schmiderer C, Mala X, Wilson B, Lluga‐Rizani K, Mustafa B

Adv Genet (Hoboken)

16-Sep-2021

PMCID:	PMC9744470
doi:	10.1002/ggn2.202100016
PMID:	36620432

Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genome of Tulipa patens (Liliaceae)

Ju X, Shi G, Chen S, Dai W, He T

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour

25-Aug-2021

PMCID:	PMC8405118
doi:	10.1080/23802359.2021.1967799
PMID:	34471694

Breaking the silence of the 500-year-old smiling garden of everlasting flowers: The En Tibi book herbarium

Stefanaki A, Porck H, Grimaldi IM, Thurn N, Pugliano V, Kardinaal A, Salemink J, Thijsse G, Chavannes-Mazel C, Kwakkel E, van Andel T

PLoS One

26-Jun-2019

PMCID:	PMC6594601
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0217779
PMID:	31242215

A Dynamic Tandem Repeat in Monocotyledons Inferred from a Comparative Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes in Melanthiaceae

Do HD, Kim JH

Front Plant Sci

22-May-2017

PMCID:	PMC5438981
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2017.00693
PMID:	28588587

Tuliposides from Tulipa sylvestris and T. turkestanica

L CHRISTENSEN

Elsevier BV

25-Jul-2002

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X

Isolation and quantification of tuliposides and tulipalins in tulips (Tulipa) by high-performance liquid chromatography.

Christensen LP, Kristiansen K

Contact Dermatitis

01-Jun-1999

doi:	10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X
PMID:	10385332

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Naphthalenes / Naphthoquinones
Aethiopinone	157301	Click to see CC1=C(C2=C(C=C1)C=C(C(=O)C2=O)C(C)C)CCCC(=C)C	296.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids
13-Epimanool	10891602	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC(=C)C2CCC(C)(C=C)O)C)C	290.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(3S,4aR,6aR,7R,10aS,10bR)-3-ethenyl-3,4a,7,10a-tetramethyl-2,5,6,6a,8,9,10,10b-octahydro-1H-benzo[f]chromene-7-carboxylic acid	44575334	Click to see CC1(CCC2C3(CCCC(C3CCC2(O1)C)(C)C(=O)O)C)C=C	320.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
23-Hydroxyursolic Acid	14136881	Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)CO)O)C)C)C2C1C)C)C(=O)O	472.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Asiatic Acid	119034	Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)CO)O)O)C)C)C2C1C)C)C(=O)O	488.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Corosolic acid	6918774	Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C)O)O)C)C)C2C1C)C)C(=O)O	472.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Hederagenin	73299	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)CO)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C	472.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Labd-14-ene, 8,13-epoxy-, (13S)-	6432025	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CCC(O3)(C)C=C)C)C)C	290.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Maslinic Acid	73659	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)C)O)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C	472.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Oleanolic Acid	10494	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C	456.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Ursolic Acid	64945	Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1C)C)C(=O)O	456.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Saccharolipids
(3,4,5,6-Tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl)methyl 3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoate	74369076	Click to see C=C(C(CO)O)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	294.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
(3,4,5,6-Tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl)methyl 4-hydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoate	53461894	Click to see C=C(CCO)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	278.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl (3S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoate	24939251	Click to see C=C(C(CO)O)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	294.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(4-hydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoyl)oxyoxan-2-yl]methyl (3S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoate	100938406	Click to see C=C(CCO)C(=O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)COC(=O)C(=C)C(CO)O)O)O)O	392.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl (3S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoate	101377763	Click to see C=C(C(CO)O)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	294.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl 4-hydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoate	21668947	Click to see C=C(CCO)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	278.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(4-hydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoyl)oxyoxan-2-yl]methyl 4-hydroxy-2-methylidenebutanoate	162855074	Click to see C=C(CCO)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC(=O)C(=C)CCO)O)O)O	376.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
6-Tuliposide A	119077	Click to see C=C(CCO)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	278.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
6-Tuliposide A	21119819	Click to see C=C(CCO)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	278.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
6-tuliposide B	25034024	Click to see C=C(C(CO)O)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	294.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
Tuliposide D	101919087	Click to see C=C(CCO)C(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC(=O)C(=C)CCO)O)O)O	376.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	12309073	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	via CMAUP database
Beta-Sitosterol	222284	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic acids and derivatives / Hydroxy acids and derivatives / Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives
2alpha,3alpha,16alpha-Trihydroxy-23-noroleana-12,4(24)-diene-28-oic acid	101844542	Click to see CC1(CCC2(C(C1)C3=CCC4C(C3(CC2O)C)(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5=C)O)O)C)C)C(=O)O)C	472.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Cyclic alcohols and derivatives
2alpha,3alpha-Dihydroxy-24-noroleana-4(23),12-diene-28-oic acid	637444	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5=C)O)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C	456.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Monosaccharides / Hexoses
Tuliposide A	108011	Click to see C=C(CCO)C(=O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O	278.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Lactones / Gamma butyrolactones
2(3H)-Furanone, dihydro-4-hydroxy-3-methylene-	5318286	Click to see C=C1C(COC1=O)O	114.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
alpha-Methylene-gamma-butyrolactone	68352	Click to see C=C1CCOC1=O	98.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
Tulipalin B	162351	Click to see C=C1C(COC1=O)O	114.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1600-0536.1999.TB06080.X https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00716-X
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Naphthopyrans / Naphthopyranones
Ambreinolide	11807560	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CCC(=O)O3)C)C)C	264.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 3,4-dihydrocoumarins
(5S,6R)-10,12-dihydroxy-5-methyl-6-(3-oxobut-1-en-2-yl)-11-propan-2-yl-2-oxatricyclo[7.3.1.05,13]trideca-1(12),9(13),10-triene-3,8-dione	101020948	Click to see CC(C)C1=C(C2=C3C(=C1O)OC(=O)CC3(C(CC2=O)C(=C)C(=O)C)C)O	358.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Coumaric acids and derivatives
(S)-rosmarinic acid	639655	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1CC(C(=O)O)OC(=O)C=CC2=CC(=C(C=C2)O)O)O)O	360.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
Apigenin	5280443	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O	270.24	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
3'-Methoxy-4',5-dihydroxy-7-[(6-O-butyryl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]flavone	101453901	Click to see CCCC(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=CC(=C3C(=C2)OC(=CC3=O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)O)O)O)O	532.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 3-O-methylated flavonoids
Chryseriol	5280666	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O	300.26	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids
Cirsimaritin	188323	Click to see COC1=C(C(=C2C(=C1)OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)O)OC	314.29	unknown	via CMAUP database
Fastigenin	162464	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC)OC)O)O	344.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
Salvigenin	161271	Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC)OC)O	328.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
Velutin	5464381	Click to see COC1=CC(=C2C(=C1)OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)O	314.29	unknown	via CMAUP database

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Tulipa sylvestris

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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