Paeonia mairei

Paeonia mairei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia
Species: P. mairei
Binomial name
Paeonia mairei
H.Lév.

Paeonia mairei is a species of peony rare in cultivation. It grows in the mountains of the north of Yunnan and the West of Sichuan provinces of China. The plant reaches about 45cm tall and has rose-pink flowers adbout 10cm across, one to each stem. P. mairei blooms in late spring and early summer. [1]

References

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