Paeonia daurica
Paeonia daurica
Ssp daurica: Yörük gülü; Ssp macrophylla =P.macrophylla,P.wittmanniana: Gagaç
Ssp daurica: Differs from P. mascula subsp. mascula in its almost orbicular, undulate, always glabrous leaflets, and chromosome number . Fl. 4. Scrub, s.I.-1300 m.
Crimea, Transcaucasia, N. Iran, Jugoslavia.
Ssp macrophylla: Stem glabrous, to 1m. Lower leaves biternate,leaflets elliptic to broadly obovate, acutely cuneate at base, dark green and glabrous above, glaucescent and villous beneath. Flowers 9-11 cm diam. Petals creamy yellow, broadly obovate, concave. Carpels 2-4, green, glabrous; stigmas purple. Folliclesc. 4 cm. Fl. 6. Alpine meadows, granite slopes, 2000-2400 m.
Western Caucasus, N. Iran. Euxine element.
