Mediterranean peonies

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• Subject: Mediterranean peonies
• From: N* T*
• Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:45:31 -0600

There are at least 10 species of peony native in the Mediterranean region. Here's a brief digest. While doing a little web searching I came across an intriguing website with many pictures http://www.paeon.de/ (a little German may help).

P. broteroi - Portugal & Spain - red
P. cambessedesii - Balearic Islands - pink-red
P. clusii - Crete, Karpathos & Rhodes - white, rarely pinkish
P. coriacea - Corsica, Sardinia, Spain & Morocco - red
P. cypria - Cyprus - red
P. mascula - Mediterranean region - white to pink to red
P. officinalis - Mediterranean region - pink to red
P. parnassica - Mt. Parnassos, Greece - blackish red
P. peregrina - E Mediterranean region - red
P. tenuifolia - SW Europe, W Asia - fennel-like leaves, red flowers
 
Nick

Nick Turland
Flora of China Project, Missouri Botanical Garden,
P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.
E-mail: Nicholas.Turland@mobot.org
Phone: +1 314 577 0269 Fax: +1 314 577 9438
MBG web: http://www.mobot.org
FOC web: http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/

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