Common Name: PEONY FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb, subshrub; roots generally in fleshy clusters. Stem: 1--several from root crown. Leaf: basal and cauline, alternate, large, deeply, generally ternately, dissected to compound, +- fleshy; stipules 0. Inflorescence: terminal, flowers 1 or few in cluster. Flower: sepals generally 5, free, leathery, persistent in fruit; petals generally 5--10; stamens many, maturing outward; pistils 2--5, simple, thick-walled, surrounded at base by lobed disk, style +- 0. Fruit: follicles, 2--5. Seed: large, generally several per follicle, generally black, arilled. Genera In Family: 1 genus: western United States, Eurasia, especially temperate eastern Asia.; many cultivated. Note: Disk evidently not nectar-secreting. eFlora Treatment Author: Fosiée Tahbaz Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
NATIVE Stem: generally simple. Leaf: 1° divisions 3--6 cm, 2--5 cm wide; ultimate segments +- elliptic, bases tapered. Flower: petals 8--13 mm; filaments 3--5 mm, anthers 2--4 mm. Fruit: 2--4 cm. Seed: +- 11 mm. Chromosomes: n=5. Ecology: Open, dry pine forest, scrub; Elevation: 200--3000 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoR, CaR, n&n-c SN, se SnFrB (Mount Hamilton), MP, n SNE; Distribution Outside California: to Washington, Wyoming, Nevada. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Jepson eFlora Author: Fosiée Tahbaz Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Paeonia Next taxon: Paeonia californica
Citation for this treatment: Fosiée Tahbaz 2012, Paeonia brownii, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=35854, accessed on January 24, 2025.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2025, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on January 24, 2025.
Geographic subdivisions for Paeonia brownii:
KR, NCoR, CaR, n&n-c SN, se SnFrB (Mount Hamilton), MP, n SNE
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