accepted name (2005):

P. lactiflora

Status

synonym of P. lactiflora Pallas f. trichocarpa (Bunge) C. Y. Cheng

1958

Fang's original description:

Paeonia Yui Fang, spec. nov. Herba 40—70 cm. alta, caulibus teretibus, viridibus, glabris. Folia alterna, coriacea, ternata vel biternata; foliola terminalia' 3-lobularia, lateralia 4-rarissime 3-lobularia; lamina obovata vel oblanceo-lata, 10—12 cm. longa, 3—5 cm. lata, glabra, supra viridia, subtus pallide-viridia, costa media cum nervis lateralibus utrinsecus 3—4 supra conspicuis, subtus elevatis; petioli communi pallide-virides, teretes, 7 cm. longi; petioluli foliolorum terminalium 5 cm. longi, lateralium 2—2.5 cm. longi. Flos axillaris, albus, 8 cm. diam.; bracteae foliaceae 3, lanceolatae vel oblanceolatac, 20—25 mm. longae, 6 mm. latae; sepala 3, obovata, 15 mm. longa, 12 mm. lata, apice rotundata vel truncata, emarginata vel 2-lobulata; petala plena, alba, obovata, 4—4.5 cm. longa, 2—2.5 cm. lata, exteriora apice emarginata vel lobulata, interiora apice sinuata; stamina numerosa, 2 cm. longa, filamentis purpureis, antheris flavis; carpella 4, conica, apice attenuata, dense flavo-hirsuta; styli breves, stig-mate purpureo recurvato." Folliculi ignoti.

Yunnan:-----------This new species resembles Paeonia Mairei Leveille and P. lactiflora Pallas in general appearance. However, it differs from both in coriaceous leaves with distinct veins and large flowers with hirsute carpels and double petals.

Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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