Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla

Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Paeoniaceae
Genus:	Paeonia
Species:	P. daurica
Subspecies:	P. d. subsp. macrophylla
Trinomial name
Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla (Albov) D.Y.Hong
Synonyms[1]
Paeonia corallina var. wittmaniana f. macrophylla Albov Paeonia macrophylla (Albov) Lomakin Paeonia wittmaniana Steven non Lindl. Paeonia wittmaniana Steven f. macrophylla (Albov) N.Busch Paeonia wittmaniana Steven var. macrophylla (Albov) N.Busch ex Grossh. Paeonia wittmaniana Hartwiss ex Lindl. var. nudicarpa Schipcz.

Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla is from the western Caucasus in Georgia, growing between 800 to 1000 m. It was formerly regarded as a separate species, Paeonia macrophylla, but in 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica. It grows on rocky slopes and in alpine valleys. Its leaves are a dark green and flowers are white tinged with yellow, produced in late spring or early summer.^[2]

References

1. Hong, D.-Y. (2010), Peonies of the World, Kew Publishing and Missouri Botanical Garden, pp. 174–175, ISBN 978-1-84246-392-5
2. Peonies: The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ISBN 0-297-82424-4