Paeonia jishanensis

Paeonia jishanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia
Species: P. jishanensis
Binomial name
Paeonia jishanensis
T.Hong & W.Z.Zhao
Synonyms
Paeonia spontanea

Paeonia jishanensis (synonym Paeonia spontanea) is a species of peony which produces white flowers, sometimes with pink shading at the base of the petals, in mid to late spring. The flowers are always borne singly. P. jishanensis can reach to 1.2m in height. This species was once thought to be a variety of P. suffruticosa.[1]

Notes

  1. Peonies: The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ISBN 0-297-82424-4


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