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Paeonia daurica subsp. wittmanniana

Paeonia daurica subsp. wittmanniana, also known as Wittmann's peony, is a perennial peony native to the southern Transcaucasian region. It was formerly regarded as a separate species, Paeonia wittmanniana, but in 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica. It is closely related to another subspecies of P. daurica, P. daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii.

Paeonia daurica subsp. wittmanniana is up to 1.5 m tall. Above the plant is and dark green; below it is lighter green, , with white hairs especially crowded along the veins, and the lower leaves are . Yellow to white flowers, 10–13 cm across, appear from April to June. The filaments are red and up to 1 cm long and the anthers are yellow to orange. The stamens are around 22 mm long. The divided leaf segments are , , and often are oblique and abruptly cut off at the base.

References

  • Waddick, James, Josef Halda. The genus Paeonia, 2004.
  • Rogers, Alan. Peonies, 2004.