Genus and species: Tulipa species and hybrids
Common Name: Tulip
Family Name: Liliaceae
A plant you may commonly see in public gardens, this plant flowers in a variety of colors. It has six petals and very broad leaves, unless it is an ornamental species, like Tulipa clusiana (pink and white flowers with fine leaves, pictured below)
Photos taken March 28, 2012 at Virginia Tech in the Hahn Horticulture Gardens.
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