Paeonia identity question
Jane McGary (Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:47:47 PDT)
Jim McKenney wrote:
A friend sent me this peony image today: it's labeled Paeonia
mairei. I don't grow that species, but other images of it on the web
are not at all like this.
Paeonia mairei Leveille (1915) is a Chinese plant closely related to
P. obovata. Its synonyms are P. bifurcata and P. oxypetala. It is
said to have more pointed leaves than P. obovata. My reference for
this is Halda, The Genus Paeonia, which, however, is "splittist" in tendency.
Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA