Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla

Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Paeoniaceae
Genus:	Paeonia
Species:	P. daurica
Subspecies:	P. d. subsp. macrophylla
Trinomial name
	Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla; (Albov) D.Y.Hong
Synonyms
	Paeonia corallina var. wittmaniana f. macrophylla Albov; Paeonia macrophylla (Albov) Lomakin; Paeonia wittmaniana Steven non Lindl.; Paeonia wittmaniana Steven f. macrophylla (Albov) N.Busch; Paeonia wittmaniana Steven var. macrophylla (Albov) N.Busch ex Grossh.; Paeonia wittmaniana Hartwiss ex Lindl. var. nudicarpa Schipcz.;

Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla is from the western Caucasus in Georgia, growing between 800 and 1000 m. It was formerly regarded as a separate species, Paeonia macrophylla, but in 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica. It grows on rocky slopes and in alpine valleys. Its leaves are a dark green and flowers are white tinged with yellow, produced in late spring or early summer.^[2]

References

^ Hong, D.-Y. (2010), Peonies of the World, Kew Publishing and Missouri Botanical Garden, pp. 174–175, ISBN 978-1-84246-392-5
^ Peonies: The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ISBN 0-297-82424-4

[1] Hong, D.-Y. (2010), Peonies of the World, Kew Publishing and Missouri Botanical Garden, pp. 174–175, ISBN 978-1-84246-392-5

[2] Peonies: The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ISBN 0-297-82424-4

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