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Liliaceae

Didier's tulip

Tulipa gesneriana L.

Family
Liliaceae
Genus
Tulipa

Pets and kids

  • CatsNot sure
  • DogsNot sure
  • KidsNot sure
Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Didier's tulip (Tulipa gesneriana)
FlowerPhoto: Rebecca Ray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (24)
Arabic
زنبق خزامي, حنون الغزال, خزاماء, سفيل, قرن الغزال
arz
توليبا جيسنيريانا
Azerbaijani
Gesner dağlaləsi
Bulgarian
Лале на Геснер
Chinese
郁金香, 鬱金香, 洋荷花
cv
Геснер тюльпанӗ
Czech
Tulipán zahradní
Danish
Havetulipan
Dutch
Tuliposide
English
Didier's tulip
Estonian
Aedtulp
Finnish
Tarhatulppaani
French
Tulipe de guillestre, Tulipe à stigmates aplatis
German
Garten-Tulpe, Gartentulpe, Didiers Tulpe, Grengjer-Tulpe
Hebrew
צבעוני רחב עלים
hsb
Zahrodna tulpa
Hungarian
Pompás tulipán
Norwegian Nynorsk
Hagetulipan
Persian
لاله باغچهای, لاله باغچه ای, لالهٔ باغچهای
Polish
Tulipan ogrodowy, Tulipan Gesnera
Russian
Тюльпан Геснера
Swedish
Tulpan
Tajik
Лолаи дилбанд
Welsh
Tiwlip yr ardd

Synonyms

  • Tulipa acutiflora DC. ex Baker
  • Tulipa baldaccii Mattei
  • Tulipa bicolor Raf.
  • Tulipa billietiana Jord.
  • Tulipa bonarotiana Reboul
  • Tulipa campsopetala Delaun. ex Loisel.
  • Tulipa connivens Levier
  • Tulipa connivens subsp. luteoguttata (Levier) K.Richt.
  • Tulipa connivens subsp. obtusata (Levier) K.Richt.
  • Tulipa connivens var. luteoguttata Levier
  • Tulipa connivens var. obtusata Levier
  • Tulipa cornuta Redouté
  • Tulipa coronaria Salisb.
  • Tulipa didieri Jord.
  • Tulipa didieri subsp. billietiana (Jord.) Nyman
  • Tulipa didieri subsp. flavicans (Levier) K.Richt.
  • Tulipa didieri subsp. platystigma (Jord.) Nyman
  • Tulipa didieri unranked lutea Tubergen
  • Tulipa didieri var. billietiana (Jord.) Baker
  • Tulipa didieri var. flavicans Levier
  • Tulipa didieri var. mauriana (Jord. & Fourr.) Baker
  • Tulipa didieri var. planifolia (Jord.) Baker
  • Tulipa elegans Baker
  • Tulipa etrusca Levier
  • Tulipa fransoniana Parl.
  • Tulipa fransoniana subsp. mauriana (Jord. & Fourr.) Nyman
  • Tulipa fulgens Baker
  • Tulipa gesneriana var. albo-oculta Tubergen
  • Tulipa gesneriana var. albomarginata Tubergen
  • Tulipa gesneriana var. dracontia Redouté
  • Tulipa gesneriana var. rosea Tubergen
  • Tulipa gesneriana var. rosea-striata Tubergen
  • Tulipa gesneriana var. spathulata (Bertol.) Nyman
  • Tulipa grengiolensis Thommen
  • Tulipa hortensis Gaertn.
  • Tulipa laciniata Fisch. ex Bellerm.
  • Tulipa lurida Levier
  • Tulipa macrospeila Baker
  • Tulipa marjoletti E.P.Perrier & Songeon
  • Tulipa marjoletti E.P.Perrier & Songeon

and 60 more.

Flowers

In flower
April to May (from 454 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.