Family | PAEONIACEAE |
Genus species | Paeonia obovata Maxim. |
Synonyms | Paeonia oreogeton S.Moore |
Paeonia vernalis Mandl | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 200-2800m |
Description | leaves biternate, segments ovate to elliptic or obovate, to 15cm long, abaxially faintly grey pubescent, flowers subglobular, 5-8cm across |
Size | 40-50cm |
Color | pale pink |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | fresh seed, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C careful division in early spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Primorye , Sakhalin ) China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , China Southeast ) Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PAEONIACEAE
obovata japonica Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 12: 302 (1898)
obovata willmottiae (Stapf) Stearn, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68: 128 (1943)
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