Tulipa aximensis
1st May 2010
A bright scarlet species tulip that flowers in late spring. Originally found in the Savoie Alps in France, it
is now thought to be extinct in the wild (though still in cultivation). Recent taxonomic studies treat it
as a synonym for T.gesneriana (probably from Turkey but naturalised in south-west Europe). The species
played a large part in the development of modern tulip cultivars.