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Paeonia californica


Higher Taxonomy
Family: PaeoniaceaeView Description 
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.
Genus: PaeoniaView DescriptionDichotomous Key


Common Name: PEONY

Etymology: (Greek: Paeon, physician to the gods)
Paeonia californica Nutt.
NATIVE
Stem: generally branched. Leaf: 1° divisions 3--9 cm, 1--6 cm wide; ultimate segments +- wide-linear or oblong, bases +- or not tapered. Flower: petals 15--25 mm; filaments 5--8 mm, anthers 3--7 mm. Fruit: 3--4 cm. Seed: +- 16 mm. Chromosomes: n=5.
Ecology: Chaparral, coastal scrub; Elevation: < 1500 m. Bioregional Distribution: s CCo, SCoR, SCo, TR, PR; Distribution Outside California: Baja California. Flowering Time: Jan--May
Jepson eFlora Author: Fosiée Tahbaz
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Citation for this treatment: Fosiée Tahbaz 2012, Paeonia californica, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=35855, accessed on December 02, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 02, 2024.

Paeonia californica
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Geographic subdivisions for Paeonia californica:
s CCo, SCoR, SCo, TR, PR
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