Magnoliaceae
Tulip tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Genus
- Liriodendron
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- الخزامي نبات من الفصيلة الزنبقية
- Asturian
- Tulipíferu de Virxinia
- Chinese
- 凹朴皮, 北美鹅掌楸, 鹅掌楸, 鹅掌楸根
- Czech
- Liliovník tulipánokvětý, Tulipánovník tulipánokvětý
- Danish
- Tulipantræ
- Dutch
- Tulpenboom
- English
- Tulip tree, Tuliptree, Yellow poplar, Tulip poplar, American tulip tree
- Esperanto
- Tulipa liriodendro, Tuliparbo
- Finnish
- Lännentulppaanipuu, Tulppaanipuu
- French
- Tulipier de Virginie, Tulipier de Viriginie pyramidal
- German
- Tulpenbaum
- Italian
- Albero dei tulipani, Albero del tulipano, Toulipier
- Japanese
- 百合木, 百合樹
- Lithuanian
- Gelsvažiedis tulpmedis
- Portuguese
- Tulipeiro-da-virgínia
- Romanian
- Tulipan
- Russian
- Тюльпановое дерево
- Slovenian
- Tulipanovec
- Spanish
- Arbol de las tulipas, Tulipanero, Tulipero de Virginia, Tulipia, Tulipifero americano, Tulipifero de Virginia, Tulipífero americano, Tulipífero de Virginia
- Swedish
- Tulpanträd
- Turkish
- Amerika lale ağacı
- Ukrainian
- Ліріодендрон, Ліріодендрон тюльпановий, Тюльпанове дерево
Synonyms
- Liriodendron fastigiatum Dippel
- Liriodendron procerum Salisb.
- Liriodendron truncatifolium Stokes
- Liriodendron tulipifera f. aureomarginatum Schelle
- Liriodendron tulipifera f. fastigiatum (H.Jaeger) Schelle
- Liriodendron tulipifera f. heterophyllum K.Koch
- Liriodendron tulipifera f. integrifolium (G.Kirchn.) Schelle
- Liriodendron tulipifera f. obtusilobum (Michx.) Schelle
- Liriodendron tulipifera subsp. integrifolium (G.Kirchn.) K.Koch
- Liriodendron tulipifera subsp. obtusilobum (Michx.) K.Koch
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. acutilobum Michx.
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. fastigiatum H.Jaeger
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. flava Loudon
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. flavum Loudon
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. integrifolium (K.Koch) Dippel
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. integrifolium G.Kirchn.
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. obtusilobum Michx.
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. pyramidale Dippel
- Liriodendron tulipifera var. variegatum Dippel
- Tulipifera liriodendrum Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 2,934 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: natepow, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: janeyair, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jonah McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Lindsey G., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Warburg1866, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Warburg1866, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.