Tulipa iliensis Credit: Tatyana Shulkina

Plant 10-25 cm. Leaves 3-4, linear-lanceolate. Flowers solitary or sometimes up to 5, opening almost flat, stellate, 2-4 cm diam., bright yellow, violet-tinged outside. Filaments and anthers yellow. V - early spring to summer. Fl - March-April (in St. Petersburg May). Fr - June. P - by daughter bulbs and by seed. Prefers a sunny place, tolerates partial shade. Does very well in the rock garden. Z 4 (3). New.

Central Asia (Tien Shan, Dzungaria) and northern China. Among shrubs on grassy slopes, in rocky places.