Paeonia lutea

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Paeonia lutea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Paeonia lutea, Franch. (P. Delavayi var. lutea, Finet & Gagnep.). St. woody, short, the plant glabrous: lvs. ternately parted, coriaceous, strongly nerved, glaucous beneath, the segms. obovate-oblong and cut or more or less lobed above the middle: fls. 2-4 in. across, terminal, golden yellow; outer sepals leaflike and long, the inner ones orbicular and yellowish green; petals 6-10, orbicular, concave, the outer ones irregularly crenate; filaments short, the golden yellow anthers long-linear: carpels 3, turgid, glabrous, the style short and recurved. China. B.M. 7788. Gn. 61, p. 267 (note); 76, p. 416. F.S.R. 1:230. R.H. 1906:14. Var. superba, Lemoine. Seedling from P. lutea, with larger fls. (3-4 in. across) and with carmine base to petals when the plant attains age: lvs. bronze-red during development, but becoming deep green. G.C. III. 44: suppl. July 18 (1908). ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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