The stems are between eight and 25 cm long, the 3–6 leaves are broad, scimitar-shaped, hairy or smooth and often have wavy edges.

[8] The Armenian tulip was found from Northeast Turkey through Transcaucasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) to northwestern Iran.

[9] Tulipa armena was first described by Edmund Boissier in 1859, the locus typicus is located in Northeast Turkey.

Populations found in the Karabakh mountain range in Armenia and Azerbaijan have been called T. karabachensis, but this is regarded as a synonym of T.

[1][7] Plants from Eastern Turkey and Northwest Iran with a hairy tunic and longer stems have been described as T. willmottiae Freyn.

It needs dry, hot summers and should be grown in free draining soil and full sun.