Tulipa carinata
Tulip
Status 2. Rare endemic of South-Western Pamiro-Alay.
The brief description. Bulbous herbaceous renascent. Lenght is 15-50cm. Bulb is egg-shaped, diameter is 1,5-4cm, with brown-black, leathern cover scales. The leaves in number 3-4, sticking up, large fibrous. The flower is unique, red, with shade of pink . The centre of flower is black or dirty-yellow. Stamenous filaments are black, anthers are black with shade of wine-colour, sometimes, yellow. It blossoms in May, June, bears fruits in Jule, August.
Area. Gissar mountain ridge: Chulbair mountains, the Sangardak river basin (Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya provinces).
Inhabitations. Rocky and rocky-talus hillslopes in the middle mountain belt.
The numbers. Individual specimens.
Reproduction. Seed.
The reasons of change of the number and area. Massive collection of flowers.
Incubation. From 1966 are growing in the Botanic garden of AS of the Uzbekistan.
The accepted and necessary measures of protection. The control for condition of populations is necessary.
The sources of information. The Red Book of the Uzbek SSR. Rare species and species of animals and plants close to extinction. Publ. house "FAN", Tashkent, 1984.