Tulipa tarda Stapf Tulipa urumiensis, the late tulip or tardy tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae.

[3] Tulipa urumiensis is native to central Asia, growing in rocky subalpine meadows in the Tian Shan.

[4] It was confused with Tulipa dasystemon for a long time, and only scientifically described in 1932 by Otto Stapf and again as T. tarda in 1933.

[5] The plant blooms in late April and early May in the Northern Hemisphere.

[3] The plant was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.