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Peony, by Chinese artist Wang Qian, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Portrait of a peony by Chinese artist Yun Shouping, 17th century. The peony is among the longest-used flowers in Eastern culture. Along with the plum blossom, it is a traditional floral symbol of China, where the Paeonia suffruticosa is called 牡丹 (mǔdān). It is also known as ...
Paeonia lactiflora was known as the white peony (P. albiflora) when first introduced into Europe. [4] It was brought to England in the mid-18th century, and is the parent of most modern varieties.
Paeonia officinalis, the common peony, [1] or garden peony, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae, native to mainly mountainous areas of Southern Europe and introduced in Central and Western Europe and North America. [3] Paeonia officinalis was first used for medicinal purposes, then grown as an ornamental. Many ...
Big and bright flower, the diameter can reach 18–25 cm (7–10 in). Strong fragrance; the smell of one open flower can dominate that of ten other open flowers from another peony. Resistance to drought and frost; tolerance of salt and base. Can bear temperatures as low as −43 °C (−45 °F); can still grow normally at pH above 7.
Paeonia tenuifolia is a hairless herbaceous perennial plant with a stem of 30–60 cm high, which is densely set with alternately arranged compound leaves. The lowest leaves are twice compounded or the leaflets are deeply divided into many fine linear segments, ½-6 mm wide, with a blunt to rounded tip, dark green above, and lighter glaucous green below.
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The California peony is most related to, and close in appearance to Brown's peony, with which it constitutes the section Onaepia.Common characters include having rather small drooping flowers, with small petals and a very prominent disk which usually consists of separate segments, while the seeds are cylindrical rather than ovoid.
Paeonia broteri is a perennial, herbaceous species of peony. It is an endemic species of the Iberian Peninsula. It bears rose-pink highly fragrant flowers about 12 cm wide and glossy green leaves. It reaches up to 40 centimetres (16 in) in height. [2]