[2] It has a tall, single flowering,[2] upright stem which is covered with short hairs.

[7] They are bell shaped,[15][7] or goblet-shaped,[2] They don't have sepals, petals or bracts, just six simple tepals.

[21] The Latin specific epithet eichleri refers to German botanist August W. Eichler who found the tulip in the Caucasus.

[8][3] It was first found in Turkestan,[23][16] and then described and published as Tulipa eichleri by Eduard August von Regel in his botanical magazine 'Gartenflora' Vol.23 on page 193 in 1874.

[26] In 1982, David Mabberley in Taxon Vol.31 on pages 65–73, William Roxburgh's 'Botanical description of a new species of Swietenia (Mahogany) and other overlooked binomials in 36 vascular plant families'.

[9] Then in 2013, D. Everett, in his book 'The genus Tulipa, Tulips of the world' by Kew publishing.

[15][7] It is found on dry slopes and in shrubby woods within the lower mountain belt altitudes.

[32] It grows on the steppes of Georgia, with other plant species such as Seseli granivittatum, Teucrium nuchense, Teucrim pollium, Thymus tifisiensis, Scorzonera eriosperma, Psephellus carthialinicus, Carex bordzilowskii, Tulipa biebersteinii and Iris iberica.

[35] In Georgia, the locations of many rare species (Tulipa eichleri and Iris iberica) are decreasing in numbers.

Also, the impacts of irrigation systems and the change of use into land for agriculture (to grow cotton grass, wheat, barley, corn, and vines).

[37] It is only occasionally cultivated and generally only grown by specialist tulip growers,[13] as it is also used for hybridization purposes.

[7] It is thought to be a vigorous plant that will multiply rapidly,[6][9] but it can be propagated by offsets (mini bulblets coming off the side of the main bulb), but it may take up to 3 years before they flower.

[12] In 1993, a postage stamp in Azerbaijan, within the flowers series was issued with a image of the tulip.